Katya’s Back

It’s been five days since the last painting as I’ve not quite felt in the right mood and I know from experience that if I’m not in the right move my paintings are rubbish. Ā I’m in the right mood today but stuck indoors, so I’m back to the inktense pencils. Ā Today’s subject is Katya, someone I’ve painted before. Ā And, actually, this is exactly the same pose as before but from a different angle.

I went with three main colours today: violet, iris blue and chilli red. Ā I thought I needed a break from the leaf green that I like so much. Ā Charcoal grey was used for the background. Ā The red and blue together make an interesting purpley grey and make me wonder whether a painting with just those two colours would work.
As usual, I was wanting Ā to leave as much white paper as possible. Ā I succeeded in that today but I’m never 100% happy with these works. Ā Today, the violet looks a bit too strong compared to the red and blue and Katya’s left shoulder wasn’t quite right and needed a bit of retouching. Ā Still, this feels good enough to go up for sale. To see the price, click here.

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