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Category Archives: Angel
First layer down, bones ongoing
In between hanging doors and moving endless quantities of books, a really great house warming party and taking a very nice group of students to the Getty to visit the extraordinary collections of icons that hang there, I have actually … Continue reading
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Heads
In between renting trucks and moving furniture from Santa Barbara to Thousand Oaks I managed to sketch in another half dozen of these skulls, bringing the first layer closer to completion. I think it will take another hour of work … Continue reading
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Skulls and the house
Moving into the house is keeping me busy, as I find endless distractions and needs that must be attended to. I’m pretty happy with the kitchen now, which really matters as the heart of the house, and I’ve been enjoying … Continue reading
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skulls
I’m struggling to find time to paint while getting the house straight and prepare for summer school starting again tomorrow morning (I’m teaching beginning drawing and beginning painting), but I got to spend a bit of time on the studio … Continue reading
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New home
I’m mostly moved into my new place, which was pretty easy because apart from paintings and drawings I don’t own much except kitchen stuff and camping gear. The house is lovely – really cool even when it’s hot outside, a … Continue reading
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Wing two
  Here’s the wiped out skeleton with his fully white wings. I’ve turned the image into black and white so I could see how much contrast I’m going to need when I get into putting detail into the bones and pull … Continue reading
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Whiteout
Here’s a scary intermediate stage, showing a layer of white going over the first layer of the skeleton. Obviously I’ll cover the right side wing as well, then I’ll use a clean rag to take this off of the rendering … Continue reading
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“I’m a doctor, not a painter…” (Bones)
Since my last post I have sketched twenty five skulls beneath the feet of the skeleton, completed the first draft of his legs and hands and calculated the golden section. It’s been a fun weekend! I decided to draw the … Continue reading
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Legless
I’m continuing to sketch in the skeleton’s legs this morning, and contemplating the  multitude of skulls upon which he stands with some trepidation, just because there are so many of them. I should get pretty good at painting human bones … Continue reading
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Hands on
I’ve found little time to paint today, but did get the hands laid down, establishing my bony friend as the rock star death. I will get more work done this weekend, after I’ve learned how to fix my car brakes. … Continue reading
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