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Yes, I am drawing with my paintbrush again. Paintbrushes, and the smallest I can find, treating them as if they are pencils. Wet flexible pencils are not as effective as graphite pencils, but I think this painting is getting better as a result of all this teensy work.
Remember this?
The first item of business was to complete the distant hills and grove.
Next, instead of painting around the children, I dove into the minutiae, “minutiae” in terms of size, not in terms of importance.
Boy first, because as a righthanded artist, working from left to right lessens the risk of smearing wet paint.
Since the photo of the children was taken in a parking lot, it will be tricky to manage the light in a believable manner, and tricky to make believable shadows. First, though, we need believable children.
These kids are just so cute, both in person and on canvas.
Much work remains, and it will be thoroughly enjoyable as I pursue art of Tulare County, combining my favorite subject of citrus and the mountains with the challenge of believable little people.
4 Comments
What a delightful painting!!! Your comments and the sequence or photos really causes us to realize how much time is involved in your paintings! Such attention to details!
Thank you, Anonymous! There’s a lot involved in painting realistically—making things believable without counting every leaf, emphasizing the important parts, toning down the background things… on and on…
What?? These little kids are walking through the orchard by themselves with NO DOG??? Our German Shepherd Augie was always with my sister and me on the farm, and my parents let us go places by ourselves (within reason) because they knew Augie would protect us from anything. Maybe a puppy would be a good addition to this picture!
Aaaaargh, Marjie, don’t make this any more difficult for me! You are right, of course. Maybe the customer doesn’t read my blog or the comments. . .
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