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| Technicolor Puppy, 8x8" oil on panel, SOLD! |
Ah the 30 Paintings in 30 Days challenge. I got a jump start yesterday so I am taking it easy today & taking down the holiday decorations. We finally have some sun after a week of rain & gloom. So nice to start 2016 with a beautiful day.
I have had this painting drawn out on a panel for over six months. This seemed the perfect time to dash it out. Polly is a black and white tiny dog with a BIG personality, so jazzing up the color palette seemed logical. She's really not pthalo blue or purple, but just black is so 2015...
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| Source image |
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| Transparent underpainting |
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| Starting the opaque layers |
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| Ta Dah! |
I will probably adjust the eyes a bit more. I've been told they are a darker shade of brown. Her family loves the painting, so that means it must be done!
I also used my time in the studio to defrost the freezer. It had accumulated two years of ice. It took quite a while to make a dent in the ice berg, but it's transformed now. I mostly use it to store my oil paints between sessions. It really helps keep the paint soft and usable. I hate to throw away my paint piles!
I was blessed with commissions for Christmas and really enjoyed creating these paintings:
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| Buddies |
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| Mackey |
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| Jody |
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| Sail Away! |
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| Max & Petie |
Stay tuned for more paintings. If you are interested in commissioning a pet portrait, see http://marioncorbinmayer.weebly.com/pet-portrait-commissions.html for details.
I am grateful for the many blessings of my life as it is today.
Start where you are
Love what you have
Do what you can
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