September 19
Try This – Background 3
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This month, I’m preparing some backgrounds because I want to paint more of the girls I learned to paint in Juliette Crane’s How To Paint A Girl e-course.
Sometimes, when I’m painting backgrounds, I really get into them and add a lot of interesting details. Sometimes, I keep them kind of plain, knowing that I can add more details once I get painting my subject (in this case, a girl).  All the paints I used are Golden Acrylics.
I painted the background Ultramarine Blue.
I add swipes and dots of paint in Titanium White.
Then a few side swipes, also in Titanium White.
In anticipation of adding a girl, I smoothed out the area in the middle of the painting. I learned that early on…it’s no fun having a big, bumpy dot right where you want to paint a face.
Daily Inspiration
I felt it shelter to speak to you.
Emily Dickinson
Love the blue!
Nola
You could hang that background up without a girl on it and it would still be beautiful! 🙂
Hi Casper! I have a toy just like that! ~~ Bunny
Lovely.
What a smashing photo.
Having a duh moment. What does that daily inspiration mean? Love the picture of C though 🙂
I think it means, “I felt safe.” That’s what it meant to me.
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Love the photo of Casper! I like the background, too. Very pretty color.