Its late and I'm tired, but I really wanted to get this post in before the Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow. I took painting breaks today to make cornbread for the stuffing, a pie crust, and then a pumpkin pie.
To my readers in the United States, Happy Thanksgiving!
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Stage 18: Painting the background. I started first by blocking in the main shapes of color on the bush behind Steve and Patty.
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Stage 19: Continuing with the background. Knowing that the paint would still be wet from working on the bush last night, I got up early this morning and continued so that the paint would still be workable, wet-on-wet. From there I kept going, blocking in the light green behind the tree and then doing the tree and branches last. I love the light; its everywhere in this painting. And it always amazes me the way a background can dramatically change the dynamics of a portrait(s).
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