Category Archives: Golden bowl

The Golden Bowl vii

Posted on July 25, 2008 by pearce

A good day today, completing the preliminary en grisaille layer of all the figures. I will need to consider the background carefully, but the piece is well on the way. Obviously there will be a lot of cleaning up to … Continue reading →

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The Golden Bowl VI

Posted on July 23, 2008 by pearce

I continued to build the first layers of the painting by adding an en grisaille layer to the flesh and beginning to build the composition. I think the black rectangular area behind the central figure will become a megalith – … Continue reading →

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The Golden Bowl V

Posted on July 20, 2008 by pearce

I painted the primer layer over the initial drawing, then began to sketch the outline of the figures. To bring the girl holding the bowl forward I  altered the position of the hands to appear to be behind her, so … Continue reading →

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The Golden Bowl iv

Posted on July 18, 2008 by pearce

Here’s the drawing with the fifth figure added to the right side. There’s still some tweaking to be done: in particular I’m not thrilled with the figure on the left. I gave him a book, but it doesn’t really work, … Continue reading →

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The Golden Bowl iii

Posted on July 17, 2008 by pearce

I spent an hour or so fixing the figure that I didn’t like and tweaking the composition a bit. The structure of the painting is based on the five pointed pentagram, like the star on American Air Force planes, military … Continue reading →

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The Golden Bowl ii

Posted on July 17, 2008 by pearce

I spent a pleasant hour or two drawing a couple more figures onto the sketch for the Golden Bowl painting. I’m pretty happy that the painting will go the way I want it to; it’s a bit smaller and the … Continue reading →

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The Golden Bowl

Posted on July 14, 2008 by pearce

I started drawing The Golden Bowl painting directly onto the canvas which is not my usual practice, but I’m impatient to make stuff! I’m quite excited about the piece. It’s unusually small compared to the rest of my work, but … Continue reading →

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