Category Archives: Storm / The Aviator’s Dream

No time! In an all too fast ten minute space I managed to add a scraped on coat of Raw Sienna to the flying helmet, which is beginning to approach its finished sheepskin appearance. I laid on the paint then … Continue reading →

I used the knife to develop the surface of the skin of both figures.  The woman in the foreground needs more work than the man, because she’s so much closer to the viewer. I darkened the rock surface and added … Continue reading →

I spent a satisfying morning adding the first layer of flesh colour into the skin of the two figures, then took out the green / brown ground with a Payne’s grey brushed on and pushed with a nasty old dried out house … Continue reading →

I had little time to paint today, but did manage to darken the rocks on the right hand side, and to figure out the position of the unfolded box on the left of the female in the foreground. I spend … Continue reading →

Here’s the result of the morning’s work. I spent some time figuring out where the composition is going – I will place an object in the left side to bring the eye back up to the fellow on the left; … Continue reading →

A good days work. Here’s where I left it this afternoon. Laying down the first layer of the head went well; some Nerdrum influence there, I think! By chance, the head ended up on top of the apron from the earlier figure, … Continue reading →

  Here’s how the piece ended yesterday afternoon. I’m really happy with the composition now – I’m enjoying the curve of the rocks from the left, beginning with the man then sweeping across and down to the crouching woman, followed … Continue reading →

The other goal of the day is to figure out where the big “Storm” painting is going. I think I may have worked it out by doing some sketching onto the canvas.    Here’s what it looked like at the … Continue reading →