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                                                                   Wonderment                                                                       11"x14"                                                                        Pastel I am working on an intense painting so I wanted to do something fun today and less involved.  So I went back to my old standbys - pastel. When I saw this little girl on PMP knew I just had to do her.  Such an unusual pose...

Here is an update on my painting Running Horse.  We are having another gray rainy day, after such a nice little taste of Spring, so I am indoors and can't get a really good shot.   I learned a lot on this painting - like I got a lot more to learn.  Painted the Indian's hair yesterday and let it dry overnight, but when it is damp/rainy paint dries a whole lot slower - hmmmm, duh!!  Oh yeah, and white seems to dry the slowest.   So when I did the Liquin glaze, I got smear and then eventually it took off the white hairs, so I had to do some repainting on the Indian but I think I do like the stronger color.  I used a blue/black Liquin glaze covering the original acrylic background (what a learning experience as it tends to streak and really shows stop and start brush strokes).   It is very reflective, so some of the background variation you see really isn't there.            ...

Ok guys, this is where I am getting a bit apprehensive and feeling a bit vulnerable.  This is the point where you can really start to see where this is going and I am hoping that you all feel this is going to work.  My biggest fear is that they won't read/connect into one image.  As you can now see the connection is between the indian's blowing hair and the horses tail.  Maybe I need to lengthen the horses tail?              Does it work - let me know your thoughts.              Also my first thought was to keep the indian misty-like without any color so he reads                    ghostly-spirit like,  again your thoughts? Thanks much for stopping by and your honest comments will be much appreciated.