Horse and Stable

"P" has been painting with me since the very beginning of Little Picasso's.  It means so much to me how much she and her family have enjoyed the process, and the results of our sessions.  To know that her paintings decorate her home and her grandparent's homes is so special for both her and me!  How lucky I have been to work with "P"!  

This summer, "P" wanted to paint a horse peeking in a stable based on an image found on Pinterest painted by Beth Covert.  https://www.flickr.com/photos/bcovert/7758991006/in/set-72157630641250188/ 

We changed up some colors, but kept the image pretty similar for her painting.    Such an adorable result!  We started out with the walls which "P" knew she wanted red!  I had sketched in the image for her and taped off parts to keep clean lines for the stable.  Then, using a large brush and horizontal strokes with black and red, she put in the walls.

Then did her FAVORITE thing- pulled tape!

Now we moved to adding in wood work for the stable in light colors.  We worked with blending here to achieve a wooden look.

"P" also painted in the dark hinges and latch ahead of time so as to see them once the  lighter paint was in.  I outlined some of the wood planks here in dark brown to help guide as well.

After blending the wood, "P" added in the latch and hinges again.

And we called it a day!   Looking good!  I love the red!

Session 2:  Today I had taped off sections so as to work on the background to the foreground.  "P" started with the sky and mountains then moved to the grass next.

While that dried, we moved to the small details of the cat next, first putting in our darker colors, then blending over them with lighter ones.

While the cat dried, we moved back to the horse, where I blocked in the outlines her dark areas first, which she filled, and then she filled in the lighter ones and blended them.

  "P" finished up with the cat's face details and then, it was done!   I love it!  Another successful result!