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Day 9: The Proctor Pond

 Blog 9: 8:30-2:00

May 19

Today I started my day off at 8:30.  Today was not as long as most of my days but I still put in hours of work. I have been adding a lot of detail to all aspects of the painting. Over the past two days now I have been working on the pond underneath the orb. I have been working on adding different colors and layering in Reds greens and blues together to get the right texture for the water. After looking at the pond, it has become one of my favorite parts. I added more color to the mountain orb and started to see the oranges pop like they would in a desert. it was a very long day of painting and I got a lot done. Corby taught us how to do something called scumbling and glazing. This technique will help me later on in my painting. 

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