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Category Archives: Making work
Half way
I’ve made it halfway across the painting with these egg-shaped skull base layers. Having finished the Traveler I’m very conscious of the importance of detail in these paintings, so I want to rework the sky to a more polished level, … Continue reading
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At the beginning of a thousand skulls
I’ve moved the angel back to the big easel, while at the other end of the studio the Traveler waits to be removed from the wooden panel he’s stapled to right now. Returning to the angel feels pretty natural, even after … Continue reading
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Traveler
Michael Pearce  The Traveler, 2010. Oil on Canvas. 96″ x 96″ (284.8cm x 284.8cm)
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Holding breath
After three days in bed with the flu, I’ve made it back to the studio for a couple of hours, where I’ve been painting in short bursts, alternated with sitting down and resting with some ginseng green tea, which is … Continue reading
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Last steps
So close now! I’ve added more foliage to the right side where the convergence of sky, land and foreground was creating a disturbing node too close to the edge of the painting – now the foliage is there it covers … Continue reading
Colour!
I turned the roses red and added lots of new en grisaille flowers to the painting. On the right, mingled with the roses, a laurel, used by the Greeks and Romans to celebrate victory. Above the roses a spread of tiny forget-me-nots, … Continue reading
Roses complete
These have turned out pretty well so far. I’ve worked most of the day getting the dark shadows around the flower heads done, adding a yellow and brown centre to each one, and laying down some greens and browns over … Continue reading
Rose rose rose rose
More roses en grisaille. This is tiring work, but it’s becoming more fluid as I do more of it. I’m noticing that my painting is speeding up in application, but that I’m at the stage of the painting where I’m … Continue reading
Road less traveled
The time I found for painting today was mostly spent on cleaning up details and improving work that I’d already established, including an alteration to the grass growing over the bottom of the Traveler’s leg, which was a little too … Continue reading
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Green grass
Somehow the morning slipped away incredibly fast, and I only got this terre verte over the grey grass and the first layer of three dandelions done. I enjoyed the dandelions – a nice soft grey first, thin and wispy, then … Continue reading
