Cowboy's Sweetheart

Cowboy's Sweetheart, 20 x 30, oil on linen

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Pontiac - Work in progress

Pontiac, work in progress, 36 x 36

I dulled the white in the background so the figure would stand out more. I've also added more definition to the figure

Pontiac - work in progress

Pontiac, 36 x 36, work in progress

This American Indian painting in my 'Logo' series is slow going but I hope to finish it today!

Pontiac - work in progress

Pontiac, 36 x 36, work in progress

I have the figure blocked in

Cowboy's Sweetheart

Cowboy's Sweetheart, 20 x 30, oil on linen

I worked on the faces again. I think this is it. I couldn't decide if I should leave it as a sepia tone painting or if I should layer on some color.

What do you think?

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Cowboy's Sweetheart - Work in progress 5

Cowboy's Sweetheart, work in progress

Almost there

Cowboy's Sweetheart - Work In Progress 4

Cowboy's Sweetheart, work in progress

It's coming together

Cowboy's Sweetheart - Work in Progress 3

Cowboy's Sweetheart, Work in progress

I have basics down so now I just have to refine everything

Cowboy's Sweetheart - Work in Progress 2

Cowboy's Sweetheart , work in progress, day 2.
Today I continued working on the faces and hats of the left and center figure as well as applying the first layer of paint to the left figure's clothing.
When I do an underpainting like this, I start my mixing about 6 values of paint. These are not very precise mixtures. I do this just to make things go faster.

Cowboy's Sweetheart - Work in progress

Cowboy's Sweetheart, Work in progress
I had a few folks asked me to post images of my work in progress so here it it.

FirstI draw the image on tracing paper the size of the canvas. Then, with carbon paper, I transfer the image to the canvas.

I start my paintings in different ways, depending on the subject and the colors. In this case I'm starting with a monochromatic (raw umber and white)underpainting. This is the results of 1 day's work