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mopinko

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7. i learned this from bill alexander-

Reply to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2020, 08:48 PM

May 2020

if you vant to show light, you have to have dark.

the tricky part about water colors is blocking out the lights till you are ready.
there is a mask you can use that you rub off w an eraser, so you keep the paper's white.
kinda backwards from acrylic/oils.
give him some more black.

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I think I lost this battle. Naples yellow is better as a highlight at the end than a base in the [View all] GreenPartyVoter May 2020 OP

It just needs more detail in the fur. lunatica May 2020 #1

She looks OK, but handles poorly. The Naples has a white in it GreenPartyVoter May 2020 #2

Taking breaks is all part of the process lunatica May 2020 #3

I am learning that! LOL You know how I was concerned about perspective and planes, it seems GreenPartyVoter May 2020 #4

Those gremlins have been doing some lunatica May 2020 #6

I can't wait to see it! GreenPartyVoter May 2020 #10

Hi, a few suggestions Catamount May 2020 #5

I will give it a go! I just ordered Raw Sienna Light from Cheap Joe's, which means it will get here GreenPartyVoter May 2020 #9

i learned this from bill alexander- mopinko May 2020 #7

Yeah, I should have masked a few spots. I was doing ok going around the whites, but when I lay GreenPartyVoter May 2020 #8