Category Archives: Color Work

Mini Clinic on Glazing: Bay Horse

Today, we’ll do a mini clinic on glazing color with the Flemish technique of oil painting. Color glazing is the last step in the Flemish painting technique. Most of the color work is transparent in nature, with the finished dead … Continue reading

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Aeropostale in Colored Pencil, Part 5

Original Colored Pencil Painting 14 x 18 Light Tan Mat Board June 23, 2010 Colors Used: Tuscan Red, Non-Photo Blue, Black Grape, Indigo Blue, Dark Green, Limepeel, Jasmine, Violet Blue, Sienna Brown I began work again on this piece by … Continue reading

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Aeropostale in Colored Pencil, Part 4

Original Colored Pencil Painting 14 x 18 Light Tan Mat Board June 23, 2010 Colors Used: Tuscan Red, Non-Photo Blue, Black Grape, Indigo Blue, Dark Green, Limepeel, Jasmine, Violet Blue, Sienna Brown Fast forward twenty months to June 23, 2010. … Continue reading

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Aeropostale in Colored Pencil, Part 3

Original Colored Pencil Painting 14 x 18 Light Tan Mat Board October 7, 2008 Work continued today with Prismacolors and the steady, even application of color throughout the neck and shoulders . Other than saving the highlights, which is always … Continue reading

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Aeropostale in Colored Pencil, Part 2

span style=”color: #000080;”>Original Colored Pencil Painting 14 x 18 Light Tan Mat Board September 23, 2008 Sixteen months later…. The formation of a colored pencil circle and the need to have a project to work on during those once-a-month meetings … Continue reading

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Aeropostale in Colored Pencil, Part 1

Original Colored Pencil Painting 14 x 18 Light Tan Mat Board This is Aeropostale. Aeropostale is a Michigan Standardbred. I first met Aeropostale in 2000 as a result of selling a custom portrait to his owner at the Michigan Harness … Continue reading

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Lockkeeper in Colored Pencil, Part 18

Original Colored Pencil Rising Stonehenge Paper, 90 lb. Natural, 16″ x 20″ Colors Used: Bruynzeel Permanent Orange, PS True Blue, PS Dark Brown I layered Permanent Orange over all of the body, neck and head except the reflected lights and … Continue reading

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Lockkeeper in Colored Pencil, Part 17

Original Colored Pencil Rising Stonehenge Paper, 90 lb. Natural, 16″ x 20″ Colors Used: PS Tuscan Red, PS Ultramarine, PS Dark Brown, Bruynzeel Permanent Orange This painting is rounding the final turn and entering the stretch drive, to use a … Continue reading

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Lockkeeper in Colored Pencil, Part 16

Original Colored Pencil Rising Stonehenge Paper, 90 lb. Natural, 16″ x 20″ Colors Used: Cloud Blue, Yellow Ochre, Dark Umber, Pumpkin Orange Color work began on the horse in this session. Work began with the lightest areas. Cloud Blue in … Continue reading

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Lockkeeper in Colored Pencil, Part 15

Original Colored Pencil Rising Stonehenge Paper, 90 lb. Natural, 16″ x 20″ Colors Used: PS Limepeel, Grass Green, Olive Green, Dark Green, Apple Green, Yellow Chartreuse and Yellow Ochre I worked for two hours on this piece tonight while Neal … Continue reading

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