Friday, September 11, 2009

Swimming home




Another painting of Addison. Again I think what works best in this painting is reserving the white of the paper. I did use a little of Maskoid but only on the little bits in the water. I got the water effect by laying in the dark blue washes next to the white of the paper and then with a wet brush brushing over all of it. I loved creating the effect of destortion with his leg underwater...fun.

This painting evolved from a day with my dogs at the lake. I photographed them together and separately. They had a ball and over a span of two years I got several paintings out of the experience....win win !

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