Thursday, February 28, 2013

WHITE STAG FROM CLASS



In my beginner class, we are still working on darks and lights.  Here is a white stag (photo Sweetie took around Yellowstone Park) in front of a dark wall.  I painted this little painting (1/8 sheet = 7.5" x 11") and the students painted the little dark calf in front of a light wall (or in a light field). 

For the wall, I used just 2 colors: 
Cobalt Violet Deep + Quinacridone Burnt Orange

I used the same colors on the stag with a bit of Raw Sienna in the warm spots and on the antlers.  And the grass was the wall color with Sap Green over it.





2 comments:

Autumn Leaves said...

Those horns are majestic! Well done, Rhonda.

RH Carpenter said...

Thanks, Sherry. I just drybrushed the color in - should add a bit more shadowing but I think it served its purpose for the students.