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Category Archives: Making work
Chin Skin and Weird Beard
I’ve continued with the flesh in the same way that I was working yesterday, building glazes and finding subtle transitions of colour and value. I’ve re-established the hair using Van Dyke Brown, a warm brown pigment made from a black … Continue reading
Posted in Green men, Making work, Pre-raphaelite
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Getting Warmer
A pleasant afternoon visiting the Getty with Mike Adams and a group of my students didn’t leave a great deal of time in the studio, but after dropping off the students and taking a short break for a glass of good … Continue reading
Posted in Green men, Making work, The Star
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Joe – a Second Layer
After having completed the wet white layer and allowing it to dry thoroughly I re-rendered the features of the face in a Raw Umber, this time without using any white at all. In this layer I’m only interested in capturing … Continue reading
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Doing it Rossetti’s way
Based on what I saw in Birmingham (see this earlier post) I’m using a variation on Rossetti’s version of the famous Pre-Raphaelite wet white technique to create a study of Joe’s head as the first of a group of paintings … Continue reading
Posted in Folklore, Green men, Making work, Other people's work, Pre-raphaelite, Sources
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Lavender
For the last couple of days I’ve spent the afternoons working on the vegetation around the figure of the Star, building up patches of Raw Umber, then using a rag to dash stripes into it, lifting away the paint to … Continue reading
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In Contrast
Although it’s been great to see some amazing art over in Europe, coming back to the studio after such a long break was a relief, and I’ve had a productive day working on the background of the Star painting. While … Continue reading
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Rossetti’s working methods
Having the good fortune to find an unfinished Rossetti “Lady of the Window” hanging in the Birmingham City Art Museum led me to an exciting time looking closely to see what technical insights I could gain from the work. Although … Continue reading
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Studio talk
I had the pleasure of hosting a studio talk at my space at CLU yesterday afternoon, including a brief demonstration of glaze painting, using a Sap Green over the background of the Star to show the luminosity and  flexibility … Continue reading
Posted in Angel, Empress, Magician, Making work, Performance / lecture, The Star, The Traveler
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Legs
Two layers of paint on the legs have given them some solidity, but I’m not yet satisfied with them; once I’ve applied a glaze coat of Ceramic White the color will match the upper half of the figure. The jug … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Making work, The Star
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A Hand and a Little Green
A glaze of Sap Green over the loosely painted leaves and jasmine flowers is softening the background and helping to make the figure come forward. Now that the flowers are less bright they compete with the hair and face much … Continue reading
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