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| These chickens are examples of using rubber cement and watercolor to create interesting backgrounds and textures. |
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| This was done background first. I wet the paper (except her clothing) and dropped in strong color (green, yellow, red watercolor). I superimposed the woman on top. I painted her skin (paying attention to shadows) and the scrubbed and lifted the highlights. The color underneath shines through. She is of course not complete, but a good start. The background is white gouache. |
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| An example of loose painting, very wet with salt. Not finished, but a good start. |
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| I worked on this a bit between classes. I lifted and softened a few areas (water and a brush and paper towel). |
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| I added some shadows and blue (cobalt) to the background. |
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| I worked on this a bit between class. I added red and indigo to the center. Indigo only in the dark areas. I used cobalt and a small brush to add lines for the stamen. I added red dots for the ends of the stamen. I darkened in between 2 petals (bottom left) and a little on the bottom right too. I added a few more shadows to the petals. |
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| I darkened around the petals and a little on the yellowish triangles between the petals. I added a leaf and stem but it was too wet and is barely visible anymore. |
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| I worked on her between class adding more darks and a few details in the value study stage. |
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| I started to add color. The skin is rose, aureolin yellow, and a tiny bit of cobalt. The hair is a mixture of alizarin, burnt sienna, and indigo. I painted it paying attention to shadows - notice the slight value shift from under the hat (darker) to the bottom and back of the hair (a bit lighter). I painter the skin paying attention to slight value shifts and shadows.. I added cobalt to the hat as well as red to the ribbon on the hat. I added red to the beads (to repeat the red in the hat). |
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| This is the background for the gorilla. I wet the paper and dropped in yellow and cobalt as well as indigo. I let it flow and splattered, very fun. I also added some salt. I added splatters of red. I was going to do plastic wrap but changed my mind. |
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| This is a texture example. I wet the paper, dropped in color, and laid down plastic wrap on the left side. The 'bubbles' in the wrap make the light lines. On the right side I laid down bubble wrap and placed something with some weight to hold it down. |
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| Texture painting with rubber cement. I dribbled and brushed rubber cement onto dry paper. Let it dry, wet the paper and dropped in color (yellow). I let it dry and did another layer of rubber cement. Let it dry and wet the paper adding more color (reds blues, yellows). After this was dry I did another layer of rubber cement (this was the layer I demonstrated in class), let dry, and another layer of color. Nest class I will remove the rubber cement. This would work as a background for the gorilla as well. |
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| I added more dark to the yolk with red and also some yellow. I added yellow to the 'white' part and some burnt sienna to the shadows. It needs more detail and value work, but is coming along. |
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| I did glazing on the background - aureolin yellow with a second glaze of rose on the top left and rose on the bottom left. I removed the masking from the middle parts and added a few more shadows on some petals. It needs more work. |
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| Burnt sienna with a bot of rose and cobalt for the brown. Then I did a value study, a bit light, as an under painting. It is not complete yet. |
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| I started with the yolk. I 'moderately' wet the paper leaving a few small dry spots and dropped in a yellow mixture (perm. rose and aureolin as well as azo yellow when I ran out of aureolin). I then added some red to the dark part of the yolk and some yellow to the light part at the top to create some value changes. I let this dry. I then moderately wet the egg white area and used gray to start adding shadows and details. The gray was a mixture of perm. rose, aureolin yellow (thanks Mike) and cobalt. |
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| First I used orange tinted masking fluid (thanks Maria) to put in the middle part of the flower. After that was dry I wet the background area making the paper very wet. I dropped in cobalt, indigo, aureolin yellow, and the greens these make mixed together. BTW - the color change from top to bottom is more drastic in the photo than on the original. I let the color move and flow together guiding it a bit. I let this dry. Then I put in the middle red part on dry paper. I mixed the pwrm. rose with a little cobalt for the color. I dropped in a bit of indigo to make a shadowed area. Next I moderately wet the petals one by one using cobalt to make shadows. I put a little of the red color at the base. Next I mixed a yellow green with aureolin and a little cobalt. I put this on the small parts between the petals and tipped those with rose. |
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| Acrylic on canvas panel. The cat looks a bit psycho and the red shows up too much in the photo (not in person). But this had potential. It needs more work of course, this is one that has not gone smoothly, it happens. |
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| It is a bit improved. I will continue to add the hair textures in white as it needs much more white. I will continue to add details and adjust values. The red shows up even more in the photo (no more was added). |
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| Colored pencil on gray mat board. This one needs a lot of work in the background (although some of the stuff you see is not actually on the original). I have a bit more work with detail and value adjustments. |
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| Watercolor. This is close to finished but needs a bit more detail work and value adjustments. But it's close. |
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| Acrylic on canvas panel. I worked on the flower a bit, adjusting values. |
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| I added more highlights and shadows as well as started adding leaves to the background. |
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| Colored pencil on gray paper. This has a lot of work left. I melted the background a bit behind the top part of the flower. I started adding leaves. Needs details, background, and values. |
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| Watercolor. I started organizing and darkening the background. |
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| I have added some highlights to the flower )scrubbing in one section, white gouache on the other). I have organized a few more leaf shapes. I will do more of the same until it looks complete. |
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| Acrylic on paper. I finished the brown value painting on his shirt and added some color to make his skin on his face. |
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| The photo is a bit too white. I added more skin color, added red to his hat. I added red to make a pattern on his shirt. I added green to the background. I will continue adjusting values and adding details. |
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| Colored pencil. I finished the brown value study. I added red to his hat, color to his skin. Ans started adding a bit of blue to his hair and shirt. I will continue layering colors, adjusting values, and adding details as I go. |
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| Watercolor. I finished the brown value under painting. |
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| I added red to his hat, color to his skin, and blue to his shirt. I will add details and continue adjusting values. |