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I’ve used the Carbazole Violet to deepen the shadows of the face, then popped in a bit of Raw Umber to emphasize the darks. The beard got a treatment of whites and Raw Umber to make it feel more bristly, then I used a little Cermaic white to pop in highlights. I’ve re-worked the teeth, [...]

2012 03 10 pearce Making work
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Purple, orange and green

If you had asked me ten years ago what colours I would use most in 2012 there is no way I would have predicted that Cadmium Orange, Viridian, Lead White, Carbazole Violet and Raw Umber would have begun to make regular appearances on my cart. I used to use an almost entirely earth tone driven [...]

2012 03 09 pearce Making work
Other people's work
Paintings
Pre-raphaelite
Sources
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Grass

Although I have to say that creating grass is the most boring thing in the world, I guess the patience that it requires pays off in the end and I like the way this is going. Doing this repetitive painting reminds me of the work on the Angel of Death when I painted skulls for [...]

2012 03 04 pearce Life
Making work
Performance / lecture
Soapbox
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Grassy landscape growing

I’ve continued build up the shapes of the deeper layers of the grass using dark greens and browns, mostly in the same colours that I needed for the moss. It’s all quite general, making loose gestures toward the direction and shape of the grassy leaves and stems, but not overly concerned with detail. Next I [...]

2012 03 01 pearce Making work
Paintings
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Stone not Rolling

Now the textured surface has been completed with a glaze coat of white over the top of all the greys, blues and greens. Moss has started growing on the slab of stone in the darkened carved shapes and in the crack running across the surface, while close to the grass I’ve added a bit more mass of [...]

2012 02 25 pearce Making work
Paintings
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Watching the Grass Grow

In the studio I’m working on building layers and layers of paint to make the flat slab of weathered granite in the foreground appear real. I put down a dark blue-grey, then used a sea sponge to create the particles that emerge in granite, softening  the grain of the stone with a rag. Next I [...]

2012 02 24 pearce Paintings
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Eagle Tattoo

Once again I’ve been very busy working on the October project, figuring out administrative stuff. It’s going to be worth it when it’s all ready to go though. In the studio I’ve been busy with Prussian Blue, which is great for creating that faded blue colour of old tattoos. The Emperor has new ink – [...]

2012 02 16 pearce Britain
Emperor
Making work
Neolithic britain
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Hanging Sky

At last I’ve made it back to the studio after a spectacularly busy week working on preparing a project for October. I’ve painted most of the sky with a glaze of Ceramic White, which is that lovely transparent white made by Holbein, then used Foundation White to create those denser areas of brightness. The delicate [...]

2012 02 11 pearce Making work
Paintings
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Portrait

In the studio I’ve worked on the flesh of the hanged man a little more, adding whites into the highlights and blue into the shadows and the hair. I’ve scraped plenty of Cadmium Red into the lower arm, reasoning that because he’s hanging upside down his blood would have descended to the lowest parts of [...]

2012 02 03 pearce Life
Making work
Other people's work
Paintings
Soapbox
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Just Hanging Around

Adding highlights in Foundation White to the flesh that went down yesterday is making the figure start to come to life. I’ve extended the flesh across his belly and all the way down the lower arm. I’ll need to move the platform over so I can get to the top of the painting and work [...]

2012 01 31 pearce Making work
Paintings
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