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Category Archives: Paintings
Wall to wall
Most of the wall has a second layer of colours and detail now, but it’s pushing itself too far forward in the composition, so I’ll dull down the brightness a little by putting a uniform glaze  of a black mixed … Continue reading
The wall
Here’s the result of the days work. I put a second layer of flesh tones on the legs, defined the white towel with some burnt sienna and worked a little longer on the wall, which obviously needs much more work. This layer’s … Continue reading
Another brick in the wall
I’ve been laying down the stones in the wall by first painting the dark shadows between the stones, then adding a layer of grays and white to the faces of the stones. I modified the shape and texture of the … Continue reading
Legs and cloth
I worked on the legs of the twins in the Sun painting, building a decent first layer of skin tones over the rough sketch version – still pretty rough, but making sense of the structures of the feet and knees. … Continue reading
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Blue
This evening I spent a little time simply looking at the painting to see what it needs to be complete. I spend quite a lot of time doing this with paintings, contemplating which direction they should go in after finishing … Continue reading
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Death in tarot
It’s not such a bad thing to draw the death card in a tarot spread, because it usually is interpreted to mean transformative change rather than death itself. More interestingly, in alchemical symbolism the reaper and other images of death, … Continue reading
At the feet of the reaper
One more foot to go and the bone man is complete. I’m really feeling tired now, after several days of focus on this painting, and making panels as entertainment in between painting sessions. I’ll post a picture tomorrow after the … Continue reading
