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Denise Cat

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I gessoed 3 canvases today then started a landscape. Last year when I was at the safari park I was watching the buffalo. I took lots of pictures of them. As groups and individuals. I was able to get close up. Anyway, I started a landscape to set a couple of them in. I can see the image in my head of how I want it to look. I did an underpainting with oils thinned down to make a slightly heavier stain, than that of the raw umber and white spirit watery viscosity mix, I used to stain the canvas with. The slightly heavier coloured stain, I applied with a brush, then blended with brush, rag, fingers and thumb to give me the kind of background, I think, will give me a good start for my first layer of paint tomorrow. Of course, I'm expecting the colours to change quite a bit by the time I finish. I'm doing my Caravaggio painting after this.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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That’s a beautiful background to start with Denise . 
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Anonymous User

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I agree with, Dixie. It has a Turner look to it, also.
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xxBillxx xxDowniexx

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Great start! I look forward to seeing how it progresses. 

Tessa Gwynne

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That does look a good start Denise. I feel the painting is ready to emerge, quite exciting to see it!

Alan Bickley

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Looks like a good ground to start on, you’ve kept it transparent which is spot on… I vary my ground colour to suit the particular painting that I have in mind, often neutral greys stretching to burnt sienna which I particularly like working on. But always thinned down with turps! I’m after a degree of luminosity! It’s worth mentioning that Turner preferred working on a white ground…often covered in his special mix of lead white with egg - this gave him a highly absorbent surface which also reflected the light… I’m talking oils here and not watercolour!

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Denise Cat

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Thanks all, oh yes Alan, I knew you were talking about oils. Today, I've just put another layer of colour on and thought about motion. I'll let it dry. Tomorrow I plan to start shaping it and getting the figures of the Buffalo sketched in. I suspect it will change much by the time I finish. I'm going to spend the rest of the day sketching.
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xxFionaxx xxBellxx

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This is developing nicely. The effect of light is already impressive.
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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Are you, I wonder, going to draw your buffalo(s) in with charcoal or pencil over the oil paint base, or going straight in with the brush?  I know what I'd do, but really looking forward to seeing what YOU do.   Don't let me put you off, but many of us are glued to your progress, so fantastic has it been, and are hovering not unlike vultures..... no pressure, then: carry on!
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You have used some Burnt Sienna here, haven't you?  I normally do - it is a lovely colour to work on - but have recently experimented with Mars Orange, which is a particularly rich and pleasing tone, or have worked on a white canvas - and realized when doing so why Alan recommends a Burnt Sienna wash instead - white does offer something, as Turner obviously knew, but does present certain difficulties.  I shall post a painting or two when I've got used to my new camera - think of cows with muskets when you consider me with cameras....

Denise Cat

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Thanks Fiona. Robert, I'll be going straight in with a brush, I will put some loose marks in and build them up for the Buffalo. Yes, burnt sienna is a versatile colour and beautifully rich. I think I remember a post of yours that mentions Mars Orange and it is something I haven't got yet but will get some. I can't remember when I last worked from a white canvas. I know I have and also worked the light up from a black canvas but overall, a light stained canvas is what I usually start from now. Degrees of shade vary. As you know I'm all about experimenting and trying things. It's what builds our knowledge that grows to keep us creating.
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Andrew Smith

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LOvely start and progress, dear Denise; I look forward to seeing the final painting xx
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