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Category Archives: Emperor
The Emperor’s skin
Because I’ve painted the Empress so that I can get the grass done I have all the colour mixes on the palette table, so I thought I’d better be practical and get the Emperor dressed in his skin too so … Continue reading
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Beneath the Grass
Because the grass will stand in front of the Empress’ legs I’ve decided to paint the skin now, then work on the grass over the top of it. This will be a lot better than trying to paint flesh around … Continue reading
At the Edge of Completed Glory
I’ve repainted all the stems of the vines in white so that when I glaze the plant they will pop out a little brighter than the leaves, giving me an opportunity to add a little green-red mix over the white. … Continue reading
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Paradisio, while the last of the leaves appear.
Welcome relief has come to the studio with the completion of almost all the leaves and flowers. I’ve reworked the areas that got a little too much of the cobalt blue and  the white glaze coat, and fixed up lots … Continue reading
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Torture Garden
Although I think I might be going completely barmy as a result of drawing so many leaves and morning glory flowers the results are paying off as the full impact of the vines in the composition is beginning to emerge. … Continue reading
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Vines around the back
I like to make little games for myself when I’m working on repetitive forms like these morning glory leaves – today I decided to stop working on the right hand side of the painting so that I could set myself … Continue reading
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The Poetry of God
There’s a hypnotic quality to painting the morning glory that is quite pleasant – time passes differently when the focus is so closely confined to a small area of canvas. Hours can pass by without mark, quietly slipping into the … Continue reading
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Leaf Alone
Now the basic white layer of the leaves is done it’s time to render the leaves and flowers in my customary brown. This is satisfying work that’s going to be a big feature of the finished painting – imagine that … Continue reading
Just Vine
After worrying about getting the hand right I realized that this was an unnecessary pre-occupation because just like her right hand, her left directs the vines toward the Emperor, disguising much of it behind the foliage. I spent a fruitful … Continue reading
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Legs
It’s worrying, changing a hand in a painting, but the shaman really needed a new left hand (her left, our right) so I asked my student Ashley to model for me and shot new reference pictures for it, then re-rendered … Continue reading
