More color

 Almost all the "non- white" color is in at this point. Why won't each buoy have color? It would be too much, a cacophony of color. And, not all buoys have a color other than white.

 

While this might seem like a jumble, it's an ordered disorder. 

 

 

 

Buoys

 Usually I paint background to foreground, top to bottom. Not here. I'll skip around the piece, choosing the next buoy whose color I feel like mixing.

  

 

 

 

 

In the Meantime...

 While waiting for the darker grasses to dry before adding the lightest layer of grasses on my leopard painting (see previous post), I am working on my summer Sea, Sand, & Shore collection for the Louisa Gould Gallery on Martha's Vineyard.

 

So, something completely different!

 

 I thought a window reflection would add a different twist to the piece.

 

 

 

 

The colors of the buoys will give me a chance to mix colors I don't often use in my wildlife paintings. While tempted to start playing with them right away I want to finish the shingles first.

 

 For the shingles I have three main colors mixed. Using strokes of cool and warm and playing with the shadows on the shingles will give the buoys a more 3-D look on the wall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreground Grass

 

The foreground grasses are going to take some time.

You can see in earlier posts that I painted the base layer of the sunlit section. I wanted this to dry while I worked on the leopards. I've now added some depth with some mid and darker grasses. Most of the grass will be very light and bright which will also increase the feeling of shadow underneath the trees where the cats are lying.

 

I'll wait for this to dry before adding the final grasses.

 

Note: it is difficult for me to wait. My main method of painting is to work wet-on-wet but there are some times when that is not the most effective way to achieve certain looks. For me, grass is one of them. While waiting I have four more paintings drawn and only have to choose which one to start.

 

 

 

 

One cat almost finished

 

Next up, the female.

This photo was taken with my good camera, rather than my phone.