Category Archives: Storm / The Aviator’s Dream

Ogre was still wet, so I couldn’t do more to the crucifixion, so instead I worked on finishing up Amelia’s face and spent a long time defining the shadows of the ivy and getting detail work into the jewelry and … Continue reading →

I worked to finish Amelia’s face, adding moving the eye and putting some flesh tones over the grey layer, then adding some highlights right into the wet paint. It’s almost there now. I’m more satisfied with the positions of the … Continue reading →

I put on a velatura of red iron oxide, white and naples yellow to begin fleshing out the face of poor Amelia. She’ll need a bit of tweaking to finish her up, but she’s pretty close. I’m not happy with … Continue reading →

I took poor Amelia’s face off with some fine grit sandpaper. The eye was in the wrong place, the nose was hopeless, so she’s temporarily faceless. Not to worry, I quickly rebuilt her structure, at least the en grisaille layer, … Continue reading →

I painted more ivy today, which brings the Aviator’s Dream dangerously close to completion. The crucifixion got a glaze coat over the blacks to make the quality of the finish more consistent, leaving only that face to deal with. So … Continue reading →

The ivy is thoroughly laid in now, still pretty crude, but you can see the structure of it. After I shot these pictures I continued to paint the leaves upward on the side of Amelia’s body. I really like the … Continue reading →

  Surprise! I began painting the ivy in the Aviator’s Dream at last. I’ve been putting it off for so long now that it was getting silly and I really have no good reason for not wanting to do the … Continue reading →