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  1. Basset Hound Elements with Meral Altilar

    Basset Hound Elements - What will the workshop include?
  2. Basset Hound Elements - Hi from Meral
  3. Basset Hound Elements - Meet Daisy!
  4. Basset Hound Elements - Materials
  5. Basset Hound Elements - Pastel Colours for Daisy
  6. Basset Hound Elements - Introduction Video
  7. Basset Hound Elements - Let's get started
  8. Basset Hound Elements - Part 1
  9. Basset Hound Elements - Part 2
  10. Basset Hound Elements - Part 3
  11. How to Paint an Elephant with Tracey Maras
    How to Paint an Elephant - Materials
  12. How to Paint an Elephant - Reference Photo
  13. Stage 1: Gathering reference materials – The Importance of Research
  14. Stage 2: Design & Composition
  15. Stage 3: Preparing the Painting Surface
  16. Stage 4: Underpainting
  17. Stage 5: Sketching the Image
  18. Stage 6: Selection of colors
  19. Stage 7: Blocking in, beginning with the darks
  20. Stage 8: Building the texture of the skin, working towards mid-value colors
  21. Stage 9: Establishing the background
  22. Stage 10: Mid-Values
  23. Stage 11: Light Values
  24. Stage 12: Corrections
  25. Stage 13: Developing the Eye
  26. Stage 14: Finishing the Tusks
  27. Stage 15: Final Assessment and Highlights
  28. Black Spaniel Portrait with Sue Kerrigan-Harris
    Black Spaniel - Reference Photo, Materials & Initial Drawing
  29. Black Spaniel - Background
  30. Black Spaniel - Eyes
  31. Black Spaniel - Forehead and Cheeks
    2 Topics
  32. Black Spaniel - Ears
    2 Topics
  33. Black Spaniel - Muzzle
  34. Black Spaniel - Mouth and Nose
  35. Black Spaniel - Body and Finishing Touches
  36. White Isn’t White with Tricia Taylor
    White Isn’t White - Materials
  37. White Isn’t White - Reference Photo
  38. White Isn’t White - Video
  39. Plein air: The Good the Bad and the Ugly, with Rhonda Abrams
    Plein air: The Good the Bad and the Ugly
  40. Plein air: Gear for En Plein Air
  41. Plein air: Beginning
  42. Plein air: Composition
  43. Plein air: Colour
  44. Plein air: Perspective
  45. Plein air: Finishing
  46. Plein air: Factory on Birch
  47. Plein air: Stelco Factory
  48. Plein air: Centennial Park
  49. Red Brow Finch at Lake Inverell with Brent Emerson
    Downloads
  50. Part A - Lake Inverell
  51. Part B
  52. Part C - Eye
  53. Part C - Eye (no music)
  54. Part D - Beak
  55. Part D - Beak (no music)
  56. Part E - Background
  57. Part E - Background (no music)
  58. Part F - Branch
  59. Part F - Branch (no music)
  60. Part G - Body
  61. Part G - Body (no music)
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Stage 9: Establishing the background

I prefer establishing the background before the animal is completed.  I have found there is a tendency to create a “halo” if the animal is completed and then attempts are made to bring the background in afterwards.   

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