June 2014 - Week 25
So last week, I showed you some in progress shots of the 'Tea-cup Pirate' painting I am working on + asked for some advise here + over on face book about what colour hair to go for.
I had some awesome suggestions + am probably going to steal those ideas for other paintings, but a couple of people suggested red, and my instinct was all like 'absolutely red, red is perfect for her' so I decided to go for it.
I decided to do a water colour wash first, I decided that if my intuition was wrong, I could alway paint it black later....
But in the end I loved it so, I started with the acrylic. I used a mixture of Heritage Red (matisse brand), Jo Sonja's Titanuim White + Yellow Deep and Golden Fluid Acrylics Cobalt Turquoise. (that and goldens Teal are my favourite, FAVOURITE colours just now!) And some black paint - I am not sure which brand I used, but since I always use black you can be assured it was in there...
And this was where I left her on Saturday night, after my big painting session. I was surprised, that once I was in the zone, I spent about three hours doing her hair.
Last night I picked up again, having mulled over the tea cup + back ground a bit...
And I have to say I didn't get very far...
Feral children a cold studio, general tiredness, and I packed up early instead of finishing it like I thought.
So I have another question for you all, the background - should I do a soft grey or match the colours with the cup? I was just going for a soft grey, but now I am thinking other wise.
What do you think?
Have a great week end
