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Category Archives: Emperor
Shorts
 The Emperor is beginning to get increasingly convincing now that his shorts are becoming more substantial, although I’d like to add a second working of the Raw Umber to the painting I did today to make the value more … Continue reading
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Handling the Globus Cruciger
I’ve continued working with the Raw Umber to re-render the right arm holding the spherical globus cruciger, his torso and the left arm holding the scepter. Working on the … Continue reading
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A Head and Shoulders Above
After creating a decent layer of grey passages from mixed and blended Raw Umber and White I like to rework the painting, finding the deep darks with Raw Umber and using my fingers to smooth areas of value over the greys. This … Continue reading
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High Chair
I covered a lot of canvas today by working fast and deliberately choosing to make broad compositional strokes rather than finessed detailed gestures. The chair is looking appropriately wobbly and now the composition is beginning to make sense. I like … Continue reading
Faster!
I’m really feeling the pressure of time upon me these days, so I want to work with speed and accuracy without sacrificing quality. Consequently the work is getting looser and more brush-strokes are visible, at least at this stage, although … Continue reading
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Emperor Ahead
Because the canvas is so tall and the Emperor’s head is so close to the top of the composition (making him feel even higher up than he really is) I’ve pulled out the platform that I got from Steve Aufhauser … Continue reading
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The Emperor Begins
Following shooting photos of Amy for the figure sitting on the ground I sketched the drawing onto the canvas using a simple one foot grid as a guide. I like this composition very much for a couple of curious reasons: … Continue reading
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Emperor
At last I can get started on the Emperor – the canvas has been ready to go for a few days, but there has been too much excitement around the New Romantic Figure exhibit. This morning a photographer from the … Continue reading
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The Emperor
   The two paintings, the Star and the Queen of Cups, are both framed and delivered to the gallery with the other paintings in the New Romantic Figure exhibit. Alexey Steele’s piece is also framed in a tabernacle, and the three … Continue reading
