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Category Archives: Alchemical work
Orb
I’m finally getting something like a satisfactory conclusion to this, with the white wispy edge to the orb working out well, and a curious orange centre to it. I had a very pleasant day with my kids looking for Christmas … Continue reading
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The orb dominates
Working at getting the orb right has been challenging, but I think I finally have it on the track. I painted out nearly all of the outer circle of white, which simply wasn’t working because it was just too big, … Continue reading
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Reflux – distilling the canyon
I went to the lab and met Dr. Tanacci this morning so I could learn how to safely set up the reflux tower for producing the essence of the sage brush from Red Rock Canyon. This was very simple, and … Continue reading
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The orb
The orb is growing.It looks really bright and white at the moment, but it’s about to get it’s blue layer which will drop it right back again. I’m going to try a golden center around the flame, then blue over … Continue reading
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Darkness and Light
Now working on the light is beginning to really pay off. A black glaze over the background ragged off at the boundaries of a circle about the glowing orb has made the composition start to take more dramatic shape. The … Continue reading
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Amelia’s blues – gold in the forest
Painting Amelia as Temperance continued, adding Prussian blue to the shadows of her pants, extending and correcting the shape of the left leg, and defining the shadows of the face and goggles. I worked at the hair on the left … Continue reading
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Defining Amelia
I’ve been thinking and writing about the role of feminine characters in my paintings as I prepare a paper for the Alchemy Journal. Amelia is the most dominant of the women at present, having appeared in an earlier incarnation in … Continue reading
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Head
I added a pool of blood to the ground around the head. Right now it’s too bright, and will need to get a layer to moderate the intensity of colour.
The essence of a canyon
I took stone from the canyon and ground it to powder. The sage is broken to small pieces and placed into my blender, reduced to fragments. Tomorrow I will macerate the two in a solvent and set up a reflux … Continue reading
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Headless
The sword is coming along, based on a fabulous samurai sword loaned to me by our lovely costume designer, Lolita Ball, who is simply delightful. The alchemical Queen Amelia looks dramatic and intentional now, having acted to behead the king, … Continue reading
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