I finished the background and started the under painting on Rock’s portrait – I’ll get the rest of his under painting completed today and share it tomorrow.
I expect to complete Mari’s portrait at some point today, so I’ll be posting that completed painting later on. I got about halfway through yesterday before wrapping it up to tend to the girls and get the little one off to her very first swim lesson.
I’ve got a lot on my easel – so off to work I go! I hope you’re doing well and staying dry (and warm)!
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Wow, its crazy how the eyes look so realistic even when you don’t have anything else painted at all!
It’s so interesting to see how you paint! Beautiful eyes. Will be back for more.
[...] I’ve used a palette of burnt umber, burnt sienna, indigo, cadmium orange for the darkest hues in his coat. (You can see my normal palette colors up above the reference photos, too!) I used mid tones for the primary coat shadow and lighter tones for the eye area. You can see the previous progress here. [...]