Monthly Archives: July 2010

I’ve moved across the painting to work on the skull of the angel, which really needs some help. I’ll have to rework the bottom of it because the upper jaw’s teeth are too low and irritating me beyond belief, so … Continue reading →

The hands got coated in that black glaze that I used on the sky to darken it, so I’ve got to rework them with a layer of white. Once the white is complete I’ll get into a re-rendering with Van … Continue reading →

Ribs don’t join the sternum as bone, there’s a cartilage bridge that connect them. I’ve not seen a recently exhumed skeleton, so I’m not entirely sure what this would look like, and my only real medical skeleton has some rather … Continue reading →

I finished up the first layer of the pebbles, which need more work to make them effective, then got into the most radical change the painting has seen since I decided to put the sea of skulls into the landscape. … Continue reading →

It’s so good to get a full day in the studio! Having completed the warm and cool work, done the white highlights and fixed the blue ribcage by turning it brown inside, I’ve turned to getting the pebbles in the … Continue reading →

Adding Raw Sienna as a warm colour on the left sides of the skulls and a Cobalt blue on the right side in the deep shadows has unified the rendering of the skulls and made things seem more three dimensional. … Continue reading →

Happy Birthday America! My exile from the studio while the wall was built is over. Although the floor is filthy, theres no door, and the lights aren’t working quite properly, it’s functional enough to get back to painting, so I’ve … Continue reading →