2012/365 - Day 80

I don't claim to be a painter

Well I wouldn't exactly call what I've been doing painting, but I've been applying paint to canvas #4 this afternoon. And I am wearing more paint than I put on the canvas.





There I go again...trying to mix colors. I don't know what I was expecting when I put those two colors together...but it is exactly the color I wanted.











Titanium White
Burnt Sienna
Raw Sienna
and
Burnt Umber...








The guy I was working on doesn't look very much like what I had in mind yesterday, but I do like him very much.

I am not sure what I had in mind was actually possible in this situation...at least not by me...yet.

2012/365 - Day 66 -- part two

filling a guy in with paint

We all know I am not a painter. But sometimes there is just no getting around it, it is the best way to cover up/fill in/finish the project I am working on.


I wanted to limit myself to three colors for this demon bull/beast guy. Light Blue Permanent, Titanium White, and Burnt Umber.



I tried to keep what Peggy showed me (when she helped me with the Cat-Creature) in mind. I know I'm not doing things exactly as she showed me, but hey...













I am surprised by the colors I am getting. I like them.

Me? Mixing paints?













Back to work on canvas #2...the one where all the creatures emerged.

So I started to fill in the spaces where the color would go and still leave the pencil marks so I could see where the shadows and outlines are.


































Then I tried to back really fast and add a darker color to get the outlines back...and the shadows were a mixture of colors.




Obviously, it isn't finished...but it is a decent beginning.






How it looks overall right now.

2012/365 - Day 25

hooray for the cavalry!

I had no choice -- the delivery deadline is forcing me to step waaaaaaaaaay outside of my comfort zone -- so I called in the cavalry. Thank goodness they like me.

The time had come to paint the cat-creature's face, head and hands. Peggy and Leann came over this morning to coach me, show me, walk me through it, cheer me on, and finally, make me do it on my own.







I showed Peggy what I had in mind...the colors and how I wanted the face to look. Peggy mixed the color for me and figured out how to apply the paint, then showed me how to blend the colors directly onto the piece. I am very happy with the results. I still need to touch up the pink in the ears and put the eyes on.

This is the only photo I am showing of what we did. This is where Peggy tried out the colors.









And a bit later on Joan and Alex dropped by!











UPDATE:
Since the first draft of this blog post (above) I have started to paint the eyes. The second shade of green that I wanted to use would not stay on...it just kept lifting of with each dab and/or pull of the brush -- I was forced to go with a different color -- so I went with a whole other kind of paint (my old standby, Lumiere) and I started to make the eyes metallic olive green. But I stood back a little and decided the eyes would be way too dark with that color. Gah -- I ended up mixing and blending my own new color (that I will never be able to repeat in a million years) but I reeeeeally really like how it turned out.

I need to let that dry before going any farther, but I put in little marks where the other eye embellishments will go. This cat is turning into Xanny Jr.