The first thing we do when the painting stage starts is what is known as the plano—just a flat fill of colour following the chalk shapes I showed you last week. By the way, someone asked if the chalk marks don’t get rubbed away, and they do. But you just have to be careful to keep enough of the shape to follow with the first coat.
I started with the red and then added the ochre. I am hoping that when I get all the shading and highlighting done it will have a goldish look to it. I want my dragon fiery!
It needed several coats to stop the black from shining through, so it took me the whole lesson time—90 minutes—to do these two stages!
Full of fire and spirit is good. At some point someone is bound to ask what name you will give it. I may as well,be the first ,and so?
I don’t think I’ll give it a name, Sharon. Not really part of the tradition.
It is looking fantastic! Looking forward to seeing the final version in person!
I didn’t go to class this week because of the tango event, but I hope to finish it next week.
Hi Helen, This is gorgeous!! I am sure you feel it is worth every minute you have put into it-a very fiery dragon indeed!!Warm wishes Helen. Pat.
Hi Helen, This dragon has real personality-very fiery indeed! Blessings on your
creation. Warm wishes from us both, Pat and John.
This is so exciting-absolutely beautiful,with a real personality! looknig forward to the next stage. Warmwst wishes, Pat and John.