Tag Archives: painting progress

The second decision

Posted on January 18, 2022 by Alli Farkas

After a spell of uncertainty I managed to come up with a plan for my second move. This is it. It will not be final. There will be at least a third iteration, maybe more. But for now, feel free … Continue reading →

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The road to happiness

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Alli Farkas

It didn’t really take much to make me happy, just bringing back some of the greens on the left and adding some more white fluff to the top. Here’s a little slide show so you can get an idea of … Continue reading →

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Lakota…stall under construction

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Alli Farkas

House construction is taking a bit longer than planned. Hiccup involves requiring a few layers of paint to get the texture of the wood. Sometimes I can paint over a layer when it just starts to get “sticky-dry”, but there’s … Continue reading →

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Cantana in a bit of color

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Alli Farkas

Anyhow, the background on this oil portrait is probably done unless I see that it needs some adjustment after the horse and rider are finished. Just one quick coat of paint on horse and rider to give me an idea … Continue reading →

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Springtime skip and hop

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Alli Farkas

We are skipping over version 4 of Bella and Junior because the camera just didn’t capture much difference between it and version 3. However, version 5 definitely shows all the nuances of shading beginning to smooth themselves out nicely. At … Continue reading →

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Third pass

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Alli Farkas

OK, short and sweet. We have the third pass for Bella and Junior, and they’re starting to look pretty good. I think my estimate of 5 passes may be a little short though. Not that there’s any kind of a … Continue reading →

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Taming the yellow

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Alli Farkas

Click on either image for a closer look. To be continued…

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Bella and Junior–Really???

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Alli Farkas

Got the first pass on Bella and Junior. Hard to tell how many more layers it will take, but if previous experience is any guide my guess is about five.   Yes, indeed, they are yellow. But not for long. … Continue reading →

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Detour= Delay

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Alli Farkas

I was of necessity in Chicago all of last week, and although I took all my art materials with me and I have a studio space there I still did not get anything near what I expected accomplished. However, I’m … Continue reading →

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Schmoozing over the fence

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Alli Farkas

  After mulling over the photos in my previous post and rejecting various combinations I finally decided to put our two friends in a familiar horsey context, communing over a paddock fence. Fortunately the fence was already in Bella’s photo, … Continue reading →

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