Welcome back. Well, I am never surprised when, after coming up with a plan, everything goes sideways! The 'plan' was to paint Poco as a close-up portrait but that has changed. After experimenting with pigments on the hot press paper I decided the paints would lend themselves well to a full body pose. Hot press is much better when it comes to fine details--like a tiny face!
This is the sketch I will transfer to the paper. I can see immediately that because so much of Poco is white, I will require a background in order to make him stand out.
Below is the first sketch I prepared. I may still get back to this one but it will be on cold press.
Backgrounds are not my forté and I can spend an inordinate amount of time considering background style and colour. It will have to be done first so I will mask the edges of the white areas on Poco. The masking has to be absolutely dry before applying the wash (another over-night process). I have decided on Winsor Newton Olive Green as a background colour. It should look good with Poco's colours.
As for Poco, I've opted to use Yellow Ochre, Burgundy Red Ochre (warm), Italian Deep Ochre (cool) and Burnt Sienna--all Daniel Smith pigments.
I am anxious to get started so once I make a bit of progress I will meet up with you at my next entry. Ciao for now.
~C
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