The portrait workshop went very well. It was a challenge but all the participants eagerly tackled it and did exceptional work. The first day, we all did a “face study” of a little girl to get familiar with the features and colors used in portrait work. Each person received a box with all the pastels needed …
I am so excited to announce a new workshop, Painting a Snow Leopard in Pastel on Feb 21-23, 2014. We will be using a photo reference by Jamie Mammano for our painting. If you would like to sign up send me an email at sleepingdogart@gmail.com or call me at 540-325-3327.
I finished the painting today. Since most of the animal was finished previously the only thing left to complete was to finish the snow. I darkened the background with a dark blue and a violet. I am very happy with the results.
I continue to work on this gorgeous wolf, but all art (to me) is a balancing act to make sure that all the parts of the painting work together to form a cohesive whole. I also want to mention that I changed his eye color to amber from blue. There seemed to be too much blue in …
Today I worked on the fur of the wolf. After establishing a colorful, dark base , I began to add the hair on the wolf . I used a pale off white, grey, black(for darker hair), dark brown and white for the brightest lights. I also put some white on his nose to simulate snow. I …