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Painting an elephant
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Some time ago a posted a sketch of an elephant, and said bst the time I thought it could make a nice painting. Having looked at some photos of elephants recently I decided to paint my sketch. A couple of years ago I was bought a iPad for birthday present from the family. I use it a lot to look at things on line , read the news etc and over the last year I have used it to take photos of the different stages of a painting. I find this useful as I can sit back away from the painting and look at it whilst relaxing. Using the built in photo editor I can lighten or darken the painting, this helps a lot with the tone etc, and I notice areas that need a bit more development or total change. Whilst sharing the photos of the elephant painting with a friend, I thought about doing it as a WIP warts and all.
So after this long boring intro here it is. The sketch I’m going to paint.
Initial sketch with some base colours. I like to add some shading as it seems to lift the sketch and it doesn’t look so flat
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Added details around the eye and mouth and more colour. Paint colours used are Payne’s Grey, Alizarin Crimson Hue, Yellow Ochre and new brown paint Sepia Hue that I’ve not used before. Colours added by layers hen dry or whendamp , occasionally blend colours such as AC and PG for shadow areas. Again two different views posted
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by Paul (Dixie) Dean
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