scene six
here you can see that I’ve used a really tiny rigger brush
a colour and have to scrub it off with turps and a rag and start
to detail some of the smaller snow-covered branches,
again in a more muted colour so it doesn’t jump out as being too
and also the snow covered park bench front left, as well
‘flash’ and too much of a self-promoting ‘show off’ signature, if
as mixing the EXACT colours for the outfits of the different
you know what I mean. sometimes I really hate my signature for
any number of reasons, and have often re-done the signature,
riders, the muted yellows and dull blues. I’ve detailed all
sometimes as many as four or five times, so it doesn’t finish up
the really tiny branches of that small tree right of centre, as well
being tOO obtrusive. (You always have to think when doing a
as doing the shadows in black under those tiny snow covered
signature, ‘Where will the frame eventually be, and will it cut off
branches on the big tree on the left, and have added the walking
half of the signature?’)
figure on the right. It’s nearly finished, so I’ve painted my
signature in the optimum place and in the optimum colour. Quite
often I hate the first attempt at a signature. I do it in too garish
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