Day 8: Faux Color, Real Value

from January 8, 2011

Feeling Sheepish, a soft pastel on 6x6 tan PastelMat

1. I used vine charcoal to sketch in mom and her two lambs and their deep shadow.

2. Using faux color but near value, I stippled in the bodies of the sheep.

3. Here I dashed in the grassy undergrowth in blue, green, and pink, and continued to refine the extreme highlights on the sheep. There are a couple of corrections that I still need to make before calling it the end of day 8.

4. I made some mark-making adjustments to the far grassy area and adjustments to both of the lamb's faces and several highlight areas. I feel like I've captured the bright morning light and the wooly textures of these docile creatures.