Did I ever so confidently state that I'd finish this painting in another day's work? Please note that I was not in my right mind when I rashly made that declaration! Holy smokes, Batman, those were the words of an innocent. Today, I am no longer under any such delusions and fully realize that I bit off a great big bite with this one. It seems to be working out like I had envisioned, but it's a long, painstaking process. However, there is progress and I will triumph!!
I hope.
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| Beginning to put the details into the fruit shapes. At this point, I about freaked clear out thinking that adding an underpainting of yellow was a terrible idea. I might still think that, but the finished piece will tell the real story. |
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| The color is finally on the fruit shapes but they won't be finished until the mask is off and the details added. Patience, Alice, patience. |
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| Beginning to add color to the tips of the fruits and under the needle areas.. |
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| By this point, I'd added another glaze of paint over the rib area and had begun to take the mask off of the center of the "crown." I quit that when I remembered that I wanted to add thorn shadows before I took the mask off. This is where I stopped today because I was going cross-eyed. Time to take a break. It is interesting to me that the size of this makes it hard to see the scope of it in a little bitty photo. |
Okay, maybe tomorrow will be the real day this thing is finished! Hope springs eternal.
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