Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Stella. Painting over an older piece



Another painting where I work over an old piece of art that I was not very satisfied with.  Once again, I end up with something much nicer than what I am painting over.I have simplified my palette to 3 primary colors, a white and a Burnt Umber.  1st sitting
This is the end of the second session... and I can see that I made a mistake. I kept thinking that the legs where too long, but upon looking back at my last session I am thinking that I had a better sense of proportions. The model also kept shifting ever so slightly and I kept adjusting but that should not be an excuse.I got caught up in getting the color temperature right and lost sight of the proportions.
Here is the final piece. I need to figure out what to do with the background and clean up here and there but the colors are pleasing in person. here they appear a bit oversaturated and the shadows too dark. 

Girls from Bhutan

Here are a set of pictures showing you the process and camera setting for the latest watercolor.I am using a mic stand with a phone clamp to...