Wow! I hadn't realized how long it had been since my last blog. I have a lot to catch up on as I have been busy in my studio. For now, I am going for a hike around Lookout Mountain. When I get back, I promise to update everyone on my studio work!
I am back from my hike, I have showered and mixed up a batch of Christmas cookies that are chilling in the frig. Now about my art....
I have continued to work in my collage book and manage to complete about one image a week. Since my last post I have finished one of Rainy, Raven, and our cat Toby.
The oil pastel painting of Rainy has managed to captured the essence of what she actually looks like. I struggled a bit with her smile, which is bigger than I managed to make it. I used some paper that I had on hand for Rainy's shirt, then added a bit of pastel to blend it into place.
I am not sure how I feel about the final painting of Raven. It is basically her but not quite. I think I am having trouble because I have to work around the binding at the center of the spread.
Poor Toby.....I made her beautiful eyes way to small plus they should be lower on her face. I painted this picture of her relaxing in the bathroom sink which is something she likes to do. I used foil in the upper background to represent the mirror.
I just finished the spread of Alex. I think his proportions turned out really well. This is probably because I decided to work with the book upright at me easel. I used bulldog clips and clipped the opened book to a drawing board. It is so much easier to see what you are doing when the image is upright! I don't know why I didn't think of that sooner! I really want some Sennelier oil pastels as I think it would make the blending and layering of colors much easier. They are on my Christmas list.
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