Monday, February 27, 2006

A Study In Greys: In progress (2006)





Oil on canvas (11" x 14")

This is a copy of a painting by Mary Hiester Reid who painted in Canada
just after the turn of the twentieth century. My sister-in-law gave me
a card for my birthday with this painting on the front so I took it as a
challenge and started to copy.

This is the first oil painting I have done without a pencil or chalk sketch
on the canvas first, so things are not quite the same proportion as the
original but hopefully the painting is self-consistent. It is in progress
and should be finished in two or three more classes (I hope!).

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