by Carol on 6/25/2009 4:50:45 PM
More modeling of Red has been completed
I am finally getting to "eat some dessert" at this stage of the artistic process- meaning that I have begun working on some of the details. But before I did that, I wanted to finish as much of the background as I could. I experimented a little with the background colors and smooshed (highly technical term!), with a rubber tipped brush and liked the effect. Usually pastel artists will rub with their fingers, but I resisted this time. Finishing the background made is easier for me to begin working the fuzzy furry edges of Red over the background colors.
The eyes were fun to do. I had to use my hard pastels and pastel pencils to accomplish the detail and highlights. The pure white highlight was achieved by putting the tip of a white pencil in some water and then lightly touching the painting. (I picked this tip up from pet portrait artist Brenda Mattson while attending the pastel convention last month. Thank you Brenda!) You can see that I have drawn in the hairs in his ears, worked in some more fur colors and rounded his face & neck.
Red still looks a little bug-eyed, but I will soften him up for the final stage. I am still not sure I like his fur color and wonder if I should have started with yellows in my underpainting versus reds.
...to be continued to the final image!
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