Girl in Pink
Posted by Judy Moore Mudd | Filed under People
About the Painting:
Watercolor on Arches 140# Cold Press.
Size: 12×12″
Well, I have my computer back. Everything isn’t quite back to normal, but close. I haven’t been able to post, but I have been painting some. Not as much as I would like since the computer has kept me busy, but some. This is a painting I completed yesterday. In my class I teach on Thursdays, we are starting portraits. This is this week’s demo for class. This was painted from a photo, but next week we are having a model come and pose for us. Should be fun for the group.
I have painted this girl before, but this is a completely different color scheme than previous versions. I think I like this one because it is lighter and brighter and her features are more expressive. Her most pronounced feature was her full lips and I feel I captured that pretty well. Thanks for viewing!
Price: $100.00, includes handling and shipping within the United States. Please email me for International Shipping rates.
Baby Girl
Posted by Judy Moore Mudd | Filed under People
Name: Baby Girl
Medium: Watercolor on Arches 140# paper
Size: 5×7″
This is a small study of ”Lauren” from a photograph taken last Fall by her father, Jason. Gina and Jason Morrison are my cousins in Atlanta and Jason is my very creative web and blog designer. A link to his website, Creation Cafe, is located in my Blogroll on the right.
My painting process: After a quick sketch, I started with the background, wanting to give the effect of a glowing backlight. I wet the paper all the way down to and surrounding Lauren. I then laid in a very strong yellow (New Gamboge) making sure it was strongest just to the right of Lauren’s head and along the fence line. After this dried, I mixed a dark with Thalo Blue and Alizarin Crimson, leaning more toward blue. I used this dark for the background fence, trees and house–varying the values and color shades and strengths to show slight differences between the objects. I lifted lighter areas within the darks, such as the roof line and the fence lines. I highlighted the evergreen edge with some yellow to give it a backlit appearance.
Painting Lauren, I began with her face, laying in an initial flesh toned mixture, but varying the colors throughout the face-cheeks pinker, forehead warmer, shadowed areas under her hood bluer, etc. After this layer dried, I went in and strengthen the areas that needed to be stronger–her cheeks, mouth, inside her ear, neck–all the while keeping things pretty soft since her baby face is soft and rounded. I moved to her eyes, trying not to define too much, leaving white hightlights and layering the irises to give depth. Her eyebrows were just wisps of color, barely visible.
Lauren’s jacket was painted with Thalo Blue, Cerulean, Cobalt Blue, and Perm. Rose, leaving hightlights on the upper edges for backlighting and darkening where needed under her hood and in the folds. I finished her hand using the same colors as her face and just used a dark to indicate the leaf she was holding.
SOLD! Collection Jason and Gina Morrison, Atlanta
Number 8 in the 5th
Posted by Judy Moore Mudd | Filed under Animals, People
Name: Number 8 in the 5th
Medium: Watercolor on 140# Arches
Size: 5×7″
Here in Louisville, KY it’s Derby time! The kick-off for the Derby Festival was last weekend with Thunder Over Louisville, the day-long aerial show along the Ohio River waterfront culminating with the world’s largest fireworks show at 9:30pm. Even though the weather this year was less than ideal (chilly and overcast), it always draws a crowd. Great fun for locals and visitors alike.
I thought it would be appropriate to have a Derby themed painting. This was actually painted similarly to a much larger painting (approx 22 x 28″) I finished a few weeks ago. The subject was from a photo I took at Churchill Downs during Derby week two years ago. Here is the larger original:
It can be viewed, along with details, on my website at www.watercolordesigns.com
My process: I started painting the background first, to get the white lines running through the painting. I then started glazing yellows and reds on the jockey, making sure I left light rim lighting along the upper edge. I kept developing the red, going with brighter and darker reds to get depth. I used Winsor Red, Scarlet Lake, Quinacridone Rose, Aliz. Crimson and added touches of blue in the shadow areas. I painted around the white straps of the jockey’s cap and the horses reins. The horse was painted with New Gamboge, Quinacridone Burnt Scarlet and Ultramarine blue–I finished the lighter areas on the horse with Quinacridone Gold.
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