I call it " Paying the help" and its a small moment between the cowboy and his best help, his dog. It is a full sheet of Canson, which is a good size.
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Friday, September 17, 2010
From a drawing to pastel
Earlier this summer, I did a large drawing from a photo I took of my Nephew and his dog, Sage. He had just brought a few head of cattle from one of the ranches to the other. It was late fall, and sun was getting low. I wanted to do it again in Pastel----and I thought I would think it over for awhile. Also, learning to paint in Plein -air was pretty much on my mind this summer! I finally chose a piece of Moonstone Canson to try and paint the scene I wanted. I may again try it on Uart----I am not sure. I thought I had turned to the smooth side for my work, it actually seemed that both side had a texture, so I decide not to worry about it and began. I worked on it for about 4 days, and today I deemed it done. In evaluation, I am not sure of it. Good to have this experience, tho and I may do it again------maybe even in watercolor. I have a lot of other reference shot to work on as well, of scenes like this on the ranch. Here is today's effort.
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Ida, this is beautiful. You did a wonderful job. In your future watercolor rendition, you might want to deepen the horse's and dog's shadow on the ground where they touch the ground a tiny bit to "sit them down". The shadows can fade going to the left. But don't mess with this one, I would leave it - it has a lovely silhouette look to it.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much , Carolyn----I will definatly darked those shadows----it was also a comment on WC. How was your workshop!!!! I will check your blog again--gotta cook now! Thanks!
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