Category Archives: Making work

I got to work at about eleven and quickly got down to painting rose leaves and bringing the foreground closer to completion. It’s slow work that requires concentration, so I’m taking breaks for that ginseng tea and occasional wandering nearby … Continue reading →

I got so much work done today! Major changes to the painting, including lots of foliage on the left and right sides, a total re-invention of the cliff edge so that there are large boulders sticking out of the grass … Continue reading →

I must get some spectacles for this kind of detailed close-up work. Very tricky, I must have deleted the interlace on the knife pommel three or four times before finally figuring out what to do – it’s a pretty small … Continue reading →

I’ve made a few changes to the painting following a few days with my kids beside the ocean in Malibu. In the first picture you can see that the water has highlights of reflected light from the cloud base above, … Continue reading →

The Traveler has gained some jeans and a flask at his belt. This first layer is a little bright, so I’ll drop it back a bit later on with some Van Dyke Brown to deepen the shadows. I’ve added highlights … Continue reading →

The biggest change to the painting resulting from yesterday’s work is that the valley floor has finally become an ocean, ending my vacillation about whether or not this should be land or sea. The water is a little light right … Continue reading →

A second visit to the creation of a stone pathway worked out pretty well, resulting in this pebble track leading to the cliff’s edge. I wanted to make sure that the traveler’s journey was clearly to the precipice, not onward … Continue reading →

A very productive day in the studio! I did a lot of cleanup work this evening, fixing the figure up with some black shoes, deepening the shadows of his bag, clarifying the shadows of the jacket, glazing his over-white shirt … Continue reading →