Yikes this painting is tricky!!!! It looks an utter mess but I think I am just going to have to accept that it will look awful while I try and lay down all the different colours in his coat! I'm not able to work with too many colours in each layer as they just muddy one another so patience it is!
I spent about 2 hours on it today (forgot to blog about the 3rd layer which I did ages ago and was mainly background, pictured below) and found it very challenging! There is going to be a LOT of work in this painting! Think it will either turn out really well, or in the bin! I seem to recall the mini painting I did as preparation was looking dreadful until the last minute so holding onto that though! Either way, think I will learn a lot from it.
Some very slow drying pigments used today so not expecting it to be dry enough to work on for another week or so now sadly!
Look forward to seeing where you take this one, love the dark of the background and the lights of the mane/forelock, think it will be beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI hope so Maria, fingers crossed!
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