I got some time to go paint today, and resumed work on Clothespin Imposter.
I’m trying to get the background to have some depth. I applied some turquoise glaze, very thin, on selected areas, then dry brushed to blend into the blue gradient I put down earlier this week. Then I worked on the white area at the bottom, creating an off-white by combining flake white with unbleached titanium white. Then I softened the edge between background and foreground by dry brushing.
Then I mixed up some oxide green and naples yellow to work on the rose and clothespin. I worked monochromatically, building up tones and contrasts.
Busy day tomorrow, but hopefully I’ll get back to work on it on Tuesday.
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Very beautiful work! It is gorgeous!
I rather like it as it is, colorwise
Thanks. I think it does need the red for the rose and crumpled paper tho. I will need to be very careful how I apply, so it doesn’t over power the composition. I’m thinking of a subtle red tint.
So much fun to see this take shape. I love your use of turquoise and the way you let it peek through and skirt the edges of form.