Battling on with the most difficult painting in the world haha!
More done all over really... more defining the mane, the blaze, the muzzle, and some glazes of warmer colour in the coat in places. Now need the mane to try again to put the brightest layers over the top, think it might take me a few attempts to get the mane as I would like!
Turns out the painting is as tricky to photograph as it is to paint! I suspect that because the detail on the parts of the horse in shadow is quite subtle compared with the bright light where the light hits, the camera is doing funny things to try and level things out. Have tweaked this image in photoshop to make it closer to the original, still not right but you get the idea! If it does end up turning out well it will definitely need to be scanned in order to get a good digital copy!
The little 6" x 6" Friesian painting eBay auction finishes tomorrow evening, you can bid here- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180798251524
Onwards and upwards...
I so admire the lighting in this painting, must be so tricky to get right, I think it is wonderful so far!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Maria! It really has been such a challenge! I think because my mind thinks a palomino should be golden, where here he is purple/pink/green/brown... you think the white of an eye should be white and here it is quite a dark grey! That kind of thing! Has been a great learning experience though!
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