2020-06-01_The_Artists_Magazine

1 AfterI’vedrawntheimage,I selecta startingpointforthe

piece—usuallythemostdifficulttopaint—togetit outof

theway.I makesuretoadda fewofthelightestlightsand

thedarkestdarksasearlyaspossible.

2 I continueworkingthroughoutthepaintingwhilefollowing

a smallcolorstudyasa guide.

3 Asthepaintingfillsin,I gobacktobumpuporpushback

colorandvalues.There’sa lotofstandingbackandobserving

fromfarawaytoevaluatethepaintingasa wholeinorderto

preventgettingcaughtupinthedetails.

—PeggiHabets

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DEMONSTRATION: STILL HERE

Still Here

watercolor on paper,

22x30

“I spend more time on

concept and design

than I do on the

actual painting.”

—PEGGI HABETS

74 Artists Magazine June 2020