Thursday, January 26, 2012

Cold Foggy and Wet

It's been cold, foggy, and wet lately. Yay, California Winter is finally underway. I woke up this morning to find the hills on the far side of the ravine adrift in a sea of mist. It had a bit of the feel of this painting, though perhaps more blue-greys for the live oaks and evergreens. The rain has been making it a bit more difficult to find the chances to spray fixative layers (since I like to leave the painting outside for about half an hour after spraying to let the fumes dissipate a bit). Making progress. Perhaps it can be finished by the end of this weekend?

9 comments:

  1. Beautiful textures. Love the foxes.

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  2. Absolutely love the pop of the orange in the foxes in this piece. So, so, lovely. Thank you for sharing your process.

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  3. Your work is sensational. I love the progress shots.

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  4. This is stunning. I find this to be so soothing to look at!

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  5. Love the depth and textures, and of course, random foxes. :)

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  6. Hi, Stephanie!

    I'm a new follower. I've been an admirer of your work since I bought Catherine Asaro's fantasy trilogy, some time ago. Your art is just amazing!

    I have just featured your cover for Asaro's "The Charmed Sphere" on my blog, "A Night's Dream of Books". I hope you come by and take a look.

    Have a wonderful weekend!! : )

    http://anightsdreamofbooks.blogspot.com/2012/01/shelf-candy-saturday-4-charmed-sphere.html

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  7. Thanks Maria! I'll definitely come by to take a look!

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  9. You're very welcome, Stephanie!! You're a VERY talented artist, and all of your illustrations are GORGEOUS!

    Thanks for commenting back on my blog as well as here!

    (By the way, I deleted my previous comment because of a typo. So I just posted again. Lol.)

    Maria @ http://anightsdreamofbooks.blogspot.com/

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