Friday, October 4, 2013

starting a new painting : stargazers


The steps of the beginning of a painting:

Gathering reference photos, planning the composition,
working out the color palette,
d  r  a  w  i  n  g (takes a while),
masking the flowers, stems and leaves
and then finally starting to paint.

The background, though it looks black, isn't.
It's a mix of alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue and viridian.
Up close, the alizarin crimson is more prominent in some areas
and glows through.
My petal colors will be permanent rose & quinacrodone rose.



1 comment:

  1. This is going to look really nice carol. looking forward to seeing it finished.

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