"Coyote"

Recently finished this coyote and have been letting it 

sit for a while to make sure I didn't need or want

to tweak it somewhere.

8" x 10" palette knife oil on canvas panel

Here's the photo I worked from.

I've decided I want to do another, larger,

painting as well. Enlarged the coyote and have it 

set up on a 10" x 10" canvas panel, with 

less background. Can't wait to start. 

I saw him again last week on my walk, 

but my camera was in the shop.

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EXPERIMENTING - Part 2

  

                     

       

My lovely cat, Bijou, again

I liked the result in pastel, so figured I'd try the same idea in oil.

#1 - top left: I did an under-painting in pale green, and tried some 

colors in the other areas,

#2 - top right: Painted the cat, but too dark, I think. Should have matched

the value of the under-painting which is now showing up

just as whitish spots, so ....

#3 - bottom left: ... I covered up the under-painting completely. Well, that's 

better, but it lacks the punch of the pastel version. So ....

#4 - bottom right: .... proceeding with the advice & encouragement of my 

friend Linda, I made a really thin wash of sap green and painted 

it over everything, but the cat. Better - at least it looks like it

all belongs together now. 

Result: I learned something new. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.