{"id":2183,"date":"2022-01-14T09:23:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T15:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?p=2183"},"modified":"2022-01-14T15:30:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T21:30:10","slug":"which-way-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?p=2183","title":{"rendered":"Which Way to Go?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At this point in a painting or drawing, I generally feel halfway done. The painting is blurry, full of mid tones, and has an unfinished feeling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stonehenge 500 illustration board, 12\u201dx16\u201d<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m using oil pastels, and I\u2019ve found that things can go really bad when I\u2019m at this stage. Adding in more layers can create a heavy, dull look. Putting in the darkest shadows can suddenly create weird purples or blues, and relying too much on black can be overwhelming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I used Golden high flow acrylics to stain the background and then added two coats of clear gesso. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When I return to this image from the start of it all, I can reassess what I\u2019d like the finished piece to look like\u2014a complicated set of branches with sparrows peeking out here and there, a big sky behind it all, and a focus on texture and pattern. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best to leave it alone to see if this is still what I\u2019d like to achieve. Letting a piece sit for a few days is the best way to figure out where you are. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At this point in a painting or drawing, I generally feel halfway done. The painting is blurry, full of mid tones, and has an unfinished feeling. I\u2019m using oil pastels, and I\u2019ve found that things can go really bad when I\u2019m at this stage. Adding in more layers can create a heavy, dull look. Putting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[380,407],"tags":[356,467,593],"class_list":["post-2183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-pastel","tag-art","tag-bird","tag-oil-pastel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3wmm6-zd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2183"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2185,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183\/revisions\/2185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}