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I might as well look at a third Snow White themed painting as all three were done in a row. This painting, Mirror Mirror, is one of the paintings I documented best in progress. Once again, I did not begin with the Snow White theme in mind... and once more I began with the idea of two standing girls who might be best friends or sisters (or lovers?)
Once I had the pose locked in (or so I thought) I began work on the background. Everything is first primed with a matte acrylic Burnt Sienna/Tuscan Red mix.
I decided to not employ my usual black & white checkerboard and went with blue and white, instead thinking of using a predominantly blue color scheme. I next completed the triangle patterns before admitting that I really did not like the figures at all.
So I painted out the figures completely:
This painting really evolved in an unusual manner for me. After completing the background I then painted out the figures... then I redrew the figures... but only the bottom half.
At that point rather than dropping the painting down lower and working on the top of the figures... which would make sense... I gridded off the patterns which I had painted out and then filled them in again.
Before fully rendering the legs in pastel I would paint over the red primer with that light tan ("Soft Suede"). After the background was complete in the lower part of the painting, I finally dropped it down lower and finished sketching in the figures and then the space around them. At this point, it was clear I was headed back to the Snow White theme.
I decided upon a theme of Snow White and the Queen perhaps after having buried the hatchet. Snow's a bit of a "bad girl" now... scantily dressed (if at all) and dragging on her cigarette while the Queen holds a hand mirror (or is it a paddle?) I decided to build upon the earlier painting of Flora and add a halo with flowers around Snow which would become thorns around the "Evil" Queen.
At this point (above) I've blocked in/primed Snow's face in acrylic prior to beginning work with pastel.
continued...
Once I had the pose locked in (or so I thought) I began work on the background. Everything is first primed with a matte acrylic Burnt Sienna/Tuscan Red mix.
I decided to not employ my usual black & white checkerboard and went with blue and white, instead thinking of using a predominantly blue color scheme. I next completed the triangle patterns before admitting that I really did not like the figures at all.
So I painted out the figures completely:This painting really evolved in an unusual manner for me. After completing the background I then painted out the figures... then I redrew the figures... but only the bottom half.
At that point rather than dropping the painting down lower and working on the top of the figures... which would make sense... I gridded off the patterns which I had painted out and then filled them in again.
Before fully rendering the legs in pastel I would paint over the red primer with that light tan ("Soft Suede"). After the background was complete in the lower part of the painting, I finally dropped it down lower and finished sketching in the figures and then the space around them. At this point, it was clear I was headed back to the Snow White theme.
I decided upon a theme of Snow White and the Queen perhaps after having buried the hatchet. Snow's a bit of a "bad girl" now... scantily dressed (if at all) and dragging on her cigarette while the Queen holds a hand mirror (or is it a paddle?) I decided to build upon the earlier painting of Flora and add a halo with flowers around Snow which would become thorns around the "Evil" Queen.
At this point (above) I've blocked in/primed Snow's face in acrylic prior to beginning work with pastel.
continued...
