Anatomy of a painting

This Slide show is a fun exercise, a process that Dianne sometimes uses for a painting.

The subject from which the painting is done.

A thumbnail sketch that places the images.

A quick sketch exploring the images.

A notan indicating shadow fields and not in shadow fields

Using a mother color of purple to block in the shadow fields

Beginning to define color of the not in shadow fields

Setting the shadow colors of the cows

Setting the not in shadow color for the cows

Putting in the details, always the last part of any painting.