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Category Archives: Alchemical work
Feathers
More peacock feathers have emerged on the wings, after trying out a green glaze with a little Iron Oxide Red and some Cobalt Blue to create the eyes. I’m going to try a little white highlighting, then a glaze of … Continue reading
Peacock feathers
A small, very light package arrived from China yesterday, filled with beautiful green and blue peacock feathers, so I’ve re-started work on the wings because they were so overly simple and flat compared to the rest of the painting. So … Continue reading
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Virtues
I enlisted my kids to help put the first coat of gesso onto the big canvas. They’re really good at helping me in the studio, seldom complaining and usually cheerful, especially when there are donuts and lunch offered as tasty … Continue reading
Shooting the Empress
My daughter and a couple of her friends modeled for me alongside a couple of my students for photos of the Empress, which I’ve also referred to as the Angel of Birth. The shoot went rather well, with my student … Continue reading
Leaf fall
I’m moving from Amelia’s verdant green springtime to winter leaves, blown to the feet of the angel of death. So far I’ve painted the base of a grey brown, and begun to render the richer orange browns in that delicious … Continue reading
Green again
I’ve expanded the range of green leaves across to both sides of the canvas, and I’m surprised to find myself really enjoying the play of the green against the dark background, because I have used green so seldom in the past. … Continue reading
Leaving it to the shadows
I’ve put a glaze of Sap Green with occasional dabs of Iron Oxide to the leaves, then added shadows of black to the edges of the leaves and around the rocks, which has made everything sit together much more effectively. … Continue reading
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Foliage
Here’s a before and after shot of how the first layer of the foliage is going down onto the canvas. First I’ve painted the leaves in grey so that the green has a light surface to lay on, or the … Continue reading
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Trees beside a moonlit creek
It took a while to get warmed up, but once I got moving I managed to cover quite a lot of the canvas, adding a new and more useful layer to the trees which had little substance and needed detail. … Continue reading
On the right side of the angel
The skulls on the right side are complete (in the first layer) so tomorrow morning I’m planning to move over to the left side and see how far I can get, then I plan to watch the world cup game between England … Continue reading
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