Tuesday, March 1, 2011

FIGURE IN RED AND BLACK



Worked more on this painting - and here's where it stands right now.  I didn't want the "black" background to be smooth and even and all the same color.  I like that it's mottled and mixed here and there (done by painting it with a big soft brush from a puddle of 3 colors and then spraying it with plain water before it dried and tipping the painting to let some color and water run).  I'll be making everything inside that black more soft-edged, too (except for the dress, that is).


Oh, and Happy March :)
Spring cannot be that far away now, can it?

2 comments:

jgr said...

Rhonda, this is looking good! Happy Spring to you too.

RH Carpenter said...

Thanks, Jane, it's coming along slowly. I seem to be doing a bit of this, a bit of that, a bit of the other these days like a dragonfly flitting around - eventually, everything will be finished.