The process of painting this was a much more straightforward one than the cat. I did not overcomplicate things beforehand, and just worked straight from the image, inventing the colours as I went along. This sort of spontaneity was refreshing, and I am definitely going to try this method more.
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| original picture I took in the summer |
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| accidentally printed it too zoomed in - but went with it |
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| visualising which colours I wanted to use |
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| colour guide |
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| tonal guide
exposed version so I can see the direction of the hair
       
adding the bed in and deciding to display it this way
 
finalised version under warm afternoon light
Throughout the process I was also thinking about/looking at the works of hikari shimoda and jenny saville.
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