“Katie’s Moustache,” 6x12, pet portrait in acrylic on canvasboard, $90. Inquiries to ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com . One glimpse of Katie’s face, and I was hooked. Not only did she fall into my beloved “black & white” category, but she came with a full moustache and doe-like eyes. I first covered the canvas with a variety of blues and purples, using a (mixed) light green and pink for the highlights. (Right now my palette has been expanded to include the following: pthalo blue red, azurite hue, cad red dark, alizarine crimson, cad yellow dark, and then for graying/hazing out I use light green yellow and ultramarine purple.) I lighten with titanium white and darken with one of the blues and a touch of one of the reds. As a side note, at this time last year I was really struggling with my limited palette (I went from about 60 pots of paint to 3), but I have lived the benefits – I am so much more familiar with what I can mix given just this handful of colors. My paintings are also m...
Bonjour chère amie,
ReplyDeleteJ'adore l'ensemble de ces quatre peintures... J'ose espérer que tu les vendras à une et seule même personne.
cependant il est juste que chacun d'eux peut vivre sans l'autre comme une fratrie...
Très belles peintures. Mon regard danse en admirant ces poissons.
Gros bisous
your eyes dance - that is the best compliment ever!! I love it - thank you so much, Martine! Happy painting to you! :) Kim
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