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The first Adventure painting seems to be a success. I have had people see it and declare their love for it. So when a young lady had her room revamped, I thought it would be fun to create another Adventure painting. My Adventure paintings are action scenes, not postural or still lifes.

As I was deciding on the action to put into this Adventure painting, I knew it had to be a scene that wouldn’t be outgrown by the young lady. But there had to be elements that she would adore such as; the color pink, the color purple, a monkey or two, a unicorn, a dancer that looks like her.

Here is the first sketch. Notice I had a hard time deciding what to do with the horse. I think I have that settled in my mind, now, though.

Well, when I work a large painting, I like to add undertones when possible, so my next step was to add a wash of green on to the canvas. This freaked the young lady. “But I’m not green!” she wailed. Did I respond with an explanation? I hope so. I was absorbed in the process of creation.

The project sat for a few days as I pondered where to go from here. Then, it occurred to me that this was a parade, and all parades need spectators. So I finished the trees and added the first parade watcher.

This came out pretty good so far. Here’s a close up of the deer in this oil painting.

And this is where I’m at now. I’ll post more as this 4 ft 2 ft oil painting gets more action.

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