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Two Castles

This evening's painting is actually two paintings. Inspired by a project in the book Fairyland, I sketched out a basic layout and duplicated it with my lightbox. The point of the project was to show how color and light can change the meaning or mood of a piece.

I was hoping to apply faint, white qouache to the castle in the night time scene and create a kind of glow. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get my washes dark enough to use that technique. I am still learning how to properly mix my paint and load my brushes. Things still feel a bit...random.

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