Saturday, December 17, 2011

Saving my Lizard Painting

This painting that comes first is the "touched up" version. Scroll down below to the original painting.

I used a John Lovett technique to soften the edges of this too-busy painting (using white gouache and a hake brush).

I also darkened the center of interest and added a little more pizzaz to the redder of the lizards. And a little yellow green to the larger lizard to make him stand out a bit more.


This original painting was "okay" but awfully busy and with no center of interest to draw the eye to.

Watercolor on Arches 140#
11 x 15 (quarter sheet)

Note: These are little gems are actually called

Green Anoles

2 comments:

  1. I like this one a lot, and I think your "improvements" were significant!

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