Study Time

Posting these before I head out my little weekend road trip.

I mentioned last week I am working on some Halloween canvases. Last week I showed you one. You

can check it out here if you are interested.

Halloween painting-the witch
Here's one that I am still working on. I have a few of views of it as it progresses. This one above is an mid-work view. The letters in the words still need something to make them pop and the background is a bit busy.

So I love this quote.

It was a little long for the size of my canvas, so I changed it a little bit.
It is so much fun to play with words.

So I added some color to my letters in that saying and made the eyes on the ghosts a little more scary. I added some black to a few busy background spots Still not right.

But I really love using the iridescent blue for the ghosts. Makes them have a semi-translucent feel. But still the background was bugging me.

So I added some googley eyes, which I really like.  Makes the painting a little more fun. I also rubbed some grey Silks powder over the spots that were too busy for me and I think this worked out well. And I added a few stars since the theme is about things going bump in the night. 

I need to work some more on the letters, but they are looking much improved. 

So it not quite there, but getting close. I think when it gets placed on my mantel, and you look at it from far away, it will look less busy but won't be too plain. What I really need to do I put it up and study it awhile. That look at stage.

That's the funny thing about many paintings. From up close you can't see the forest from trees -so to speak- (sorry for the cliche) but from far away, you can see everything just fine.

Or maybe I should just paint it over in black and start fresh!

I'll show you that view once I finish it up.

Thanks for stopping  by!