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October Skies Part 4

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May 5, 2008.

This was a studio day (day off from the gallery) so I was able to spend more time painting than I usually do. Lots of work on Buddy today.

Most of it was on the background, including the large shapes on the right, which had received very little attention so far in the process.

I balanced that by blocking in the horse with a loose mixture of Cadmium Yellow Light and Cadmium Red Medium to make a base for the bright chestnut color that will be Buddy’s sun-livened coat. Just having the horse painted in really moved the painting along.

The colors I used were:

Background Trees: French Ultramarine Blue, Cadmium Yellow and Cadmium Red

Tree on the Right: French Ultramarine Blue, Cadmium Yellow and Cadmium Red, with the emphasis heavily shifted toward the French Ultramarine Blue, since this shape is almost entirely in shadow.

Meadow: French Ultramarine Blue, Cadmium Yellow and Cadmium Red, with the emphasis heavily shifted toward yellow to indicate bright, slanting sunlight.

Horse: Cadmium Yellow and Cadmium Red with a bit of green pulled in from the wet surroundings to tone down the orange a bit.

I also began to block in the reflections in the water, using the same colors that were used in whatever is being reflected.

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