Fox Play, work in progress 5.

It's coming along. I was a little afraid to post a work in progress, "in progress". Although I do it a lot, you have no guarantees anything good will happen. You might end up throwing the painting in the trash, then you'd have to tell everyone that's what happened to you!

These fox are very bright, and that's a got a reason behind it. I want this to look like a "fun" painting. I know I have more to do to this, but I don't know what it will be yet. So while Robert is in therapy today, I'll sit and think about these fox-es. I could hardly sleep last night for thinking of them. It still bothers me how the top fox doesn't really stand out like he should.

In case anyone wants to know, I'm using Rembrandt, Sennelier and Rownery pastels. I like the soft, silky feeling pastels. This was on a green suede board, but it's lost most of the green.
donna

Fox Play, work in progress 2.

At this point, I'm kind of playing around with colors and where I want things to be in the painting. With the fox being so orangey, I want a lot of blue in here. I love complementary color schemes. The colors I lay down now, will show through somewhat in the finished work. They might seem strong and to dark now, but they'll be layered over many times with other colors. I like the depth that brings into a painting.

Pastels are fun, you can add many many layers of colors and they seem to melt together in the end.
donna

Fox Play

I'm working on a painting for the Canine Art Guild show, Dog's Just Want to Have Fun. I'm hoping I can get this finished in time for the deadline which is fast approaching.

Do not ask me why I was in such a funk I couldn't paint a thing for the last few months. My mind is so strange, I think it had something to do with being invited to show in a museum show. For some reason, that event boggled my mind to the point I couldn't think about painting. I thought that was an event that would maybe happen right before I died, and to have it happen now, threw me for a loop. I began to wonder what I had to aim for now?

But I finally got myself on track, it's really simple, all I have to do is aim for the next painting, who cares where they go after they're created!

But I am hoping to finish these little fox in time for the Fun show!

I have a photo blog and on that blog, I have a photo story of these little fox playing. There are more pictures of them there if you wish to see them.
donna