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    Lofty Ambitions!

    Oct 05, 2016 3 minutes
    By Ellen Lee Osterfield

    As soon as I saw this beautiful animal I just had to paint it! Frolicking in the yard so happy and carefree it was what I wanted to feel like!

    Oil was the only choice to make for this painting, as I wanted to capture all of the emotion and atmosphere of this scene.

    STEP ONE

    Having selected a 24”x30” canvas I set about with a thin layer of Cobalt blue for the underpainting! I find that using a darker underpainting gives added vibrancy

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