'THE BATH'
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'The Bath' is 16"x20" acrylic on canvas paper. Not often a painting just *pops* into my head, but this one did. So this State of the Art is little more than just following through with my original idea. No real surprises... unless you count the bubbles, I didn't see those comin'... ;)

1. I just went for it, and had a little startle when I realized I'd gotten this far without snapping a picture! Btw, those are her knees, not her boobs. ;)	2. Here I'm just playing with shading (black) and I paint the washcloth red, and work on the tub "enamel".
3. What's a bath without a candle? Well, if you're a woman you're with me on this one ;) I start to "see" more of the rest of the room and I play with shading on the tap wall.	4. Painted her toenails...and anyone who knows me well, knows that I personally steer clear of nail polish, so this is temporary, believe me. It just looks silly to me, even on the painting's toes, but otherwise, they were blending in too much. I add shading and color to the water, and I add black by the taps and find it really makes them "pop" out from the wall. I change the faucet because it's been bugging me all along, and add a highlight to suggest stainless steel.
5. This is where it gets exciting ;) I decide to add bubbles! I make them small to show they've dissolved, in my attempt to show that she's been soaking a while.	6. I tone down her toenails, and add a little red bath mat, and get rid of a lot of the yellow in the water. I create an organge glow where the candle light shines.
7. I add a bar of soap and define the floor.	8. I add yellow back into the water and overall, in order to reflect candle glow and quiet, and I soften the shading around the soap. There. I like it. Click on it :)

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