Melissa Mason
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Art of the Horse Blog

A colorful little blog by horse artist Melissa Mason showing equine paintings in progress, announcing upcoming shows, and a place to record my musings and insights about art and life.

Daily Painting of the Horse-Neo tonal head study

Day 9 into my exploration of these daily paintings of the horse

Something a little different today-a value study.

Challenged myself to work in only black and white and focus on values.   A little yellow accidently sneaked its way in there, but is barely perceptible.   I also approached the drawing differently on this piece.  Instead of drawing in the subject first, I laid down a simple value wash and carved out the image with tonal values.

xo

Melissa Mason

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Neo-tonal head study | 15x11