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Update
Hi Michele,
I'm not working from a detailed picture, I'm working with the actual fabric. In my "former life" I was a tailor, designer, learned to sew at 7 years old. By 14, I had decided to become a real fashion designer. My mother did tailoring for the Ringling family (circus). I've draped the fabric into the shape of the dress on a form, I have violet and green fabric, (every shade under the rainbow) to use as a model for reflected light. So it should work. I also used the basic shirt pattern she is wearing for the top of the dress.
The colors I used to tone the background are Terra Rosa, Napthol red, and ultramarine blue. Brian Koetz had suggested that I try a warm red/brown as the color for toning (in my self portrait), so I decided to try it. I like it.
I'm also using a palette knife to apply much of the paint, then scraping, and applying another color and repeating the process. So many techniques, so little time..
This waltz is very different for me, its keeping me back from the painting and less detailed. Very different for a nitpicker like me!
Jean
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