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Denise Cat

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Yes, well this is day two. I blocked some colour in. let it dry, then I drew the Buddha in white pastel because it's quite large scale, 76 cm x 60 cm, I can't use a grid because of astigmatism it would give me bad double vision, so done by eye. I try to figure out in my head and what looks right proportion wise. Although for me, this is not fool proof. I've gone over the white pastel with some watery paint, the bits I'm fairly ok with. Of course this will change as I begin to paint it. The background won't look like that, I wanted to get a transition of colours that I'm going to try and create some texture on top. There will be more shadowing on the Buddha itself. It's the bare bones but I think I've reached something I can now begin to paint. You can see the mistakes I've made, I went over the feet three times and I still think the are too small but I will correct as the painting starts taking shape. I haven't sketched anything on a large scale like this before and I did find it tricky and time consuming but I think I'm happy with what I've got to make a start. As always, opinion, advice, welcome. Thanks. It's acrylic.

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Well Denise I think you have a a excellent start , your stench is really good. I do like the variation of background colours as they will form a good base . I’m looking forwards to seeing it progress.
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Marjorie Firth

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A brilliant start, Denise.
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Linda Wilson

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I think Paul meant sketch, not stench!  But it really made me laugh a lot!  It looks really good to me.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Oh sorry Denise, bloody predictive text changed the words  , yYour Sketch is Excellent. 

Denise Cat

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Thanks everyone. It made me laugh also Linda, I know I paint for many hours without taking a break but I do stop to take a bath every day. 😁😁

Tessa Gwynne

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Glad to hear that Denise! I hope you remember to eat as well? Your Buddha is looking really good to me and I don’t think the feet are too small. Look forward to the next stage.

Denise Cat

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I've started getting some layers down on the face and body but the light had gone and because I'm doing it for someone, I don't want to work in the dark. I'll carry working on the face and body tomorrow. Might do some sketching later though.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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It’s looking really good Denise. 
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Gillian Cooke

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This is looking great Denise!

Alan Bickley

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This is shaping up very nicely Denise, it will be an impressive piece when completed!
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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Very good - and it IS a Buddha, not the  Chinese river-god figure that so many think of as representations of the Buddha.  
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