Category Archives: Angel

  Things are moving fast now, and I’m on a roll that is letting me paint fluidly and well. The wing’s third layer is complete, so I’m moving over to the right hand side.  Using a half inch flat hog bristle … Continue reading →

  What a great morning of painting. I really enjoyed myself today, getting the left side wing halfway complete with some lovely variations from dark to light in a very satisfying third layer that develops the detail of the painting. … Continue reading →

There’s an academic holiday today which meant that after I had taken care of the administrative stuff I had to do in preparation for the next couple of weeks I was able to spend some serious time in the studio. … Continue reading →

I’m moving the pelvis and repainting the foundational work I did before because it had a weird twist that wasn’t right. The spine is also in need of some correction and I’ll get to that after the weekend and the … Continue reading →

Here’s a front view of the paintings taken with my phone, so the quality’s pretty poor, but it gives you the general idea. I’ve been chuckling about how much it looks as if Death is trying to catch the goose!

The left wing is taking shape now, with another layer of white over the brown texture layer, beginning to define the shapes of the feather layers and bring some depth to the surface. Ultimately I expect to put some blue … Continue reading →