Monday, October 17, 2011

Cactus Study


I wanted to try a painting that was part loose and part tightly rendered.  I started by splattering different colors for the rocks and pebbles and rendered the cactus.


I continued splattering for the rocks, and then tried to loosely render some of the rocks immediately around the cactus.


Finally I added the spines on the cactus with gouache and touched up some values.  I added a couple of splotches of color here and there to help with the composition.


The final painting

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