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Category Archives: Making work
Shoot
Taking pictures of Cody for reference for the Traveler went well, so I’m pretty confident that I’ll be able to get moving with the painting once I grid out the canvas and draw the man in the setting. As usual … Continue reading
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Sky
While waiting for my student to arrive to be photographed I painted a greyscale sky behind death. I let it get pretty dark so that there is an ominous sense to it, with cracks of light appearing in the sky … Continue reading
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Hella sunset
Looking through my files of photo reference materials I found this shot of the Stones of Steness, on Orkney, which brought back some great memories of midsummer sunset on the islands. I can use this as a source for the … Continue reading
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Fool
I’m posting a couple of pictures of the Fool from the Marseille and the Waite Rider decks so that I have a clear note of source material for the Traveling Man painting. I’ve always been fond of the Fool, who … Continue reading
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A month of skulls
One month ago I began painting the second layer of the row of skulls across the floor of the Angel of Death painting. Tonight I finally put down the final touches on the last of them, pulling back my chair … Continue reading
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Thanksgiving
I’m thankful for: My three kids, my home here in California, my family in England. My friends. Painting. Having such an extraordinary job. Yoga. Today I’m thankful that I’ve almost finished the skulls. I worked this morning and for a … Continue reading
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Traveler sketched, skulls moving
I’ve loosely sketched the traveler onto the panel to see how he looks in a very rough form at the actual size. It was enjoyable drawing at this scale, although I had to alter several things to become satisfied with … Continue reading
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Golden Section
I like to use the golden section as a compositional tool, just as the great artists of the renaissance did long ago, so it will come as no surprise that I’ve been working out how the Traveling Man painting will … Continue reading
Fool’s journey
I’ve sketched a new version of the Traveling Man painting, based on a path that is receding from the picture plane over a hilltop, so that the landscape is low in the composition, and allowing a valley view that needn’t … Continue reading
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Palette knives
That dawn sky on Thursday of last week had a huge impact upon my thinking about how the Traveling Man painting will work. I had thought that the composition would be dominated by the road winding through a landscape, with … Continue reading
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