This weeks painting project - Ruby Slippers (aka: Red Shoes!)

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So, here is this weeks painting project, Ruby Slippers (aka: Red Shoes) I found the initial drawing quite easy. I did have to do some rubbing out to get the heel and toe in the right place on the left, but other than that it was quite simple. I got the table ready on Wednesday night and put all my equipment out except for the water jars, so that I wouldn't be wasting time on the Thursday. On Thursday I started the painting itself. I did the background first with a washy mix of white and a touch of violet. Then when that was dry I blocked in the red of the shoes. I left a small border at the edges and then when I'd filled in the bulk of the shoes, I went round again with a very small brush to get the red up to the edges. After that I started on the heels. I painted the left heel white, trying to cover some of the pencil marks, then added a touch of white mixed with violet for shadows. Then I did the red on the right heel, and left that to dry a bit before I did the white and the shadows at the top of the heel. After that I did the shadows at the bottom. I used a mix of white and violet for the lighter shadows, and a mix of white, violet and a bit of black for the darker shadows. Then I did white and pink highlights, to represent shine, on the shoes, and I added a black area under the shoes and the black tip to the left heel. Then I called it finished and I left it overnight to dry, although it would have been dry pretty quickly. I put most of my equipment away, but just left the painting out to dry. Last night I watched Doctor Who: The Daleks in colour on BBC4 followed by the docudrama "An Adventure In Space And Time", the drama about how Doctor Who started. It was made in 2013 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who. At the end, as William Hartnell has been forced to leave because of his health, and he's about to film his regeneration scene, he sees a kind of vision of the latest Doctor. In 2013 it was Matt Smith that he saw. But this time they've changed it to Ncuti Gatwa! I wasn't expecting that! It was really good how they did that. I've just put the painting and the drawing board back in my bedroom, taken the sheets of newspaper off the table and put Mums tablecloth and placemats back. Today I'm going shopping down town again, and I've got to remember to get that rocket lettuce! What are you lot getting up to today? I hope you are all well. Have a nice day.