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I got rather annoyed with the horses this morning, scrubbed off 80% of the colour I'd put on, rinsed the whole thing off in the tub, and suddenly I liked it rather a lot better! (Biggest thing I like about Claybord is that it will take this kind of abuse. I'm mean to my art.. probably why my occasional sculpting jags are so therapeutic; getting physical with the art-in-progress is, obviously, very necessary.)
The horses seemed too pale, although I liked their ghostly character. I decided forthwith to leaf the thing and then re-evaluate the colour. I suppose after I've done 10 or 50 of these I'll have a much better eye for the colour balance.. not yet, though.
You can see without me telling you that the horses definitely need to be worked in a bit darker; and that while the copper leaf is a total bear to photograph accurately, it is what it is, which is what I love about it.. it's a different painting as the light moves over it. I love it. Just as a process note, the white balance here is extremely bad.. the horses are much, much lighter than this. The green hasn't changed since yesterday, and yesterday's photo is much more accurate, HSV-wise.
The horses seemed too pale, although I liked their ghostly character. I decided forthwith to leaf the thing and then re-evaluate the colour. I suppose after I've done 10 or 50 of these I'll have a much better eye for the colour balance.. not yet, though.
You can see without me telling you that the horses definitely need to be worked in a bit darker; and that while the copper leaf is a total bear to photograph accurately, it is what it is, which is what I love about it.. it's a different painting as the light moves over it. I love it. Just as a process note, the white balance here is extremely bad.. the horses are much, much lighter than this. The green hasn't changed since yesterday, and yesterday's photo is much more accurate, HSV-wise.