Tuesday, 14 September 2010

14/09: GREY HORSE (FINAL)? UPDATE

I've called a halt here and emailed a scan to Teco's owner so just awaiting her feedback as to whether she'd like anything 'tweaked' before I spray lightly with fixative.   Even with these sanded papers which hold pastel nicely I like to add a little extra protection against accidental smudging ... pastel paintings are a little vulnerable until safely framed behind glass.






Here's a slightly earlier picture I took, with a mount laid over the top - once I photographed it I realised I hadn't drawn the whiskers in ..... oops!   I've kept the photo though to illustrate how P'tang (Teco) will 'sit' in the mount/frame.



So .... nothing more to be done on this till I hear back from his owner.    The pastels will go away and I'll get back to the coloured pencil 'people' portraits for a couple of hours now.



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14 comments:

  1. Bev14 September 2010 at 16:09

    Really, really nice Sue. I love his eye and the bg colour works extremely well. Is it Pastelmat?

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  2. Sunny14 September 2010 at 16:16

    I am in total awe of your talent... sorry if I'm repeating myself!
    Absolutely wonderful :)
    ☼ Sunny

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  3. Sue Clinker14 September 2010 at 16:25

    Thanks for commenting Bev and Sunny - he's a very handsome horse isn't he and I understand a very good jumper - he is 18 years young but doesn't look it!

    Bev this is Sennelier Pastel card in the colour they describe as 'dark blue grey' so its perfect for light coloured subjects

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  4. Lene Daugaard14 September 2010 at 16:32

    Beautiful portrait, and lovely colors ;)

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  5. Sue Clinker14 September 2010 at 16:48

    Thank you Lene.

    I've found out that his owner is on holiday till later this month so don't know if this is finished until I hear back in due course.

    Onwards and upwards then :o)

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  6. Sue Clinker14 September 2010 at 19:45

    Yeah .... that would be something wouldn't it. I just checked Wikipedia (for what its worth) and found Tescos CEO, Terry Leahy apparently earns £1.3m per year ...

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  7. Pauline14 September 2010 at 22:07

    Beautiful Sue, hope they are pleased.

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  8. pett paintings15 September 2010 at 06:59

    Beautiful horse expertly painted Sue.....certain to be a winner with the client!
    Hmmmmm I wonder if Terry Leahy has any pets?

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  9. Unknown15 September 2010 at 07:45

    Well done Sue, Im sure they will be delighted!

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  10. Sue Clinker15 September 2010 at 09:18

    Thanks Pauline, Kay and Sam. The hardest thing now will be to avoid 'fiddling' with it till I hear back from the client.

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  11. Unknown15 September 2010 at 13:11

    Oh WOW - I haven't seen many pastels done in black and white (or is it grey and white), but this is so effective - I love it very much Sue!!! :)

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  12. Sue Clinker16 September 2010 at 00:53

    Thanks Karen
    I completed this using mostly white/s, grey/s, blue/s and ochre colours. The background paper colour is dark blue/grey so it is quite a restricted palette. I had so much fun with this portait and just hope that it meets with approval

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  13. Jan17 September 2010 at 16:44

    It looks beautiful and I'm sure the owners will be very pleased!

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  14. Sue Clinker17 September 2010 at 16:58

    Thanks Jan. According to the 'out of office' email I received - she's back at work on 22nd so I'll hopefully get some feedback next week.

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