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Black Cat and a small woman head study
The small woman head study was painted on 340 Lb coldpressed paper. I just wanted to try how this paper works. I painted already some flowers on this paper, but I really wanted to figure out how it works for faces and hair. It works -…
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Portrait Painting and a figurative woman painting in watercolor
Portrait painting of a young blonde hair teenager with sunlight in watercolor. Figurative woman study of a brown hair girl in white dress on light background. Realistic paintings in watercolor.
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More Steps on my Rose Elfe
Here are some more steps of my Rose painting in oil.
The size is 20"x20".
In the shadows I am using all colours on my palette: Sap Green, Cadmium Yellow, alizarin crimson, burnt sienna, Cerulean blue, phthalo green, phthalo blue.…
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Pink Rose in oil and a WIP of the Rose “Elfe” (Fairy Rose)
In my previous post I mentioned that I was working on a pink Rose in oil. Today I finished this painting. It needed longer then I thought, because I really needed to get a feeling for the oil colours again. But with each brushstroke I was…
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Purple Tulip painting in oil
It is a long time ago since I painted in oil. This is my newest painting and I really need some time to become familiar with the oils again.This purple tulip painting in oil is painted on panel and size is 7,2 x 10 inch (18x24 cm). It is still…