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Rod Fletcher

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This is a tutorial from the lovely Marion Dutton. I did the underpainting, ages ago, but at least I knew it was dry LoL.  So got to the end of a trying fortnight and after putting the cat off for days finally managed the first colour layer. The lighter dark body fur bottom right is all wrong, but I was getting tired. I'll sort it next time. The background was just me using excess paint up, but it's not too shabby IMO.
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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Good point there: never go on painting when you're tired - you WILL go wrong; I did it once to meet a deadline (I don't have those any more: good!) and it turned to complete horror in front of me;   I got SO furious with myself; but - if you can't play chess when you're tired, and I certainly can't, you can't paint either; and what's worse, it's no pleasure.   My worst stuff is always the same: either I just didn't want to paint it, or I got tired while painting it and hadn't the brains to stop.  
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Rod Fletcher

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Thanks for looking Robert. I suppose that's the advantage of painting in layers - one can always o back and sort it. I am delighted to have found Marion Dutton. She is an excellent teacher and answers all the 6 Honest Serving Men before you start. I feel I have improved tremendously with her guidance even after a few weeks. It makes you feel good when things start going right!

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