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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Atmospheric perspective
A layer of Van Dyke Brown mixed with some Ivory black dropped the blue down a bit, then a glaze of Ceramic White above the horizon in the sky and below it into the distant landscape gave some depth to … Continue reading
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Productive
This was a particularly productive day in the studio, getting the sky much further along by adding a blended blue / grey to the higher parts of the clouds, then a rough scraping of white controlled with a soft rag. … Continue reading
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And
Here’s the big picture of the painting as it is right now, with loads of Prussian blue over everything except the Iron Oxide sky and the skulls. I’m quite sure that a lot of this will change, but this was … Continue reading
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The stuff I love when I’m painting
This is it, right here. I love how I can wipe away the blue from the edges of the figure, leaving just a trace of paint that makes the edge softer and appear to fall away from the foreground. It … Continue reading
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Blues
Here we go, Introducing Prussian blue to the wing has made already made a huge difference to the feel of the skeleton, making the white of the bones pop out from the wing most effectively. I love the way blues … Continue reading
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Iron Oxide
I got lots of work done pretty quickly during the afternoon yesterday. The sky is shaping up well with a new layer of transparent Iron Oxide helping it to look quite dramatic, but it’s still lacking a few more layers … Continue reading
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Images of the Apocalyptic
We’re opening a show of spectacular woodblock prints in the gallery this weekend that have made a big impression on the people who have passed through the gallery while we were busy installing the exhibit, not to mention the impression … Continue reading
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Fool and the Black Sky
Remember those large pallette knives I bought at Continental last week? I’ve been using the long thin one to scrape on lead white for juicy cloud highlights. First I’ll put the paint onto the canvas using a small sized knife, … Continue reading
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