by Carol McIntyre on 9/29/2009 5:31:32 PM
Sketch transferred & beginning of background
It is confession time. I must admit that my rich red background, that I like a lot, intimidated me! Artists often talk about their fear of the big blank white surface, well I found myself not wanting to ruin the reds I had applied. But I could hear Curly "calling" so I dove in.
Before I applied any background colors, I transferred the sketch, which I posted earlier, onto the canvas. Light pastel was rubbed on the back of the original sketch and then I pressed that onto the canvas through the tracing paper with a pencil. Remember how we did this in elementary school? I do not like to use pencil directly on the canvas because it does not always disolve.
When I began applying the background colors, I re-read my notes from my interview with Suzie. She said that she saw warm colors surrounding Curly. He is also a real personality, so I used soft diagonal brush strokes, versus horizontal, because the diagonal line conveys energy. It was important for me to remember to not cover up all of the red in the underpainting. It will be interesting to see how the reds and background colors intereact with the horse colors.
Can you envision Curly the horse at this stage or is it a bit too strange? How much red do I leave coming through in the final rendition? Hmmm....
...to be continued.
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