Goose
by
Margie Whittington
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This is a painting from a photograph I took on the river in
Boerne, Texas. After drawing the image, I put a blue wash on
the background and layed saran wrap on the wet wash.
After letting the saran set a minute, I lifted it and the
texture left looks like the motion in the water.
See the photo below.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi55ipuoUQ0Iwz0ElofjeVVvzfibj8SgVY_QTOKJ0g4Tcag928fJe34rObqadWRo0DhArnYV1Fo6izYGM_FAdFly6v_clGoxVYef03URq8fp8TZMQ3fzXdUNxQ-5r46iasvtkNWpoQaGIQ/s320/TUG+wc+class+Goose+drawing.jpg)
After painting the water, I began painting the dark beak
and the dark on the feathers. Then I painted the
midtones and light feathers leaving the white paper for
the white high lights on the goose.
The next step, I began painting the
reflection of the goose in the water. I still have
some to do on this step.
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Be sure to come back and see the finished painting.
This painting was also a class project at the Upstairs Gallery
in Arlington, Texas. I will be posting some of my students
paintings soon.