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My Three Girlies
15" x 30" oil. My wife and granddaughters. I used Walnut oil for most of this painting, alkid for early glazes. I took this photo last summer in my back yard. I liked the colors of the objects, and the way the light illuminated the. I could not resist the challenge of painting this with the bubbles and all. The hair color looks a little odd in the JPEG. It really is not as bright.
I painted this painting from the image on my computer monitor, after printing out the canvas sized image and transfering it to my canvas. The print-outs were too dull even on glossy high resolution, and could not show the true colors of the scene as well as the monitor did. Consequently, I painted this in my office!!! (A real risk for me - I am not the tidiest painter.)
I get frustrated with cleaning my palette on a painting like this which requires so many colors. So I found a 12" x 16" tracing pad and used it as a palette. I just tore off the palettes as I was done with them. I used about ten pages or more. This is a great way to paint if you are like me - impatient with messes.
I look forward to your critiques!
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