Category Archives: Paintings

Bringing in the background to Death

Posted on April 13, 2009 by pearce

Although I haven’t completed the skeleton yet I used some remaining Van Dyke Brown to bring the background to the edges of the realized work. I should finish this fairly soon, within a couple of days, I hope. He’s looking … Continue reading →

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Bone and metal

Posted on April 9, 2009 by pearce

I continued work on the bones, getting most of the rib cage and the left shoulder and upper arm done as well, listening all the while to 1970’s Ozzy era Sabbath recordings and Metallica’s new recording – it seemed appropriate … Continue reading →

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Layered Bones

Posted on April 7, 2009 by pearce

  The twins are drying behind me now, having traded places with Death, whose posture reminds me of a metal guitarist and makes me smile each time I look at him. I’ve spent a happy hour or two working on the … Continue reading →

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Handy

Posted on April 5, 2009 by pearce

Three hands, two heads. Finally back on a roll, I got the body and arm of the left hand boy more fully realized, fixed the outline of the right hand and repainted the background, which had become quite dirty from … Continue reading →

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Twin two

Posted on April 4, 2009 by pearce

The second twin’s face has another layer of paint on it because I realized that I had made an error in the positioning of the nose and mouth when I had my first go at it. The right hand eye … Continue reading →

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Sticks and stones

Posted on March 30, 2009 by pearce

I’m working on getting these hands right, and moving over to the lad on the right side of the painting. It’s been surprisingly humid here this past few days, so the paint is taking a long time to dry, narrowing … Continue reading →

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Clearing the Sun

Posted on March 29, 2009 by pearce

I thought I would add a little to the previous post by commenting that the hair on the boy on the left is grey now so that it can become blonde later – in the next layer I’ll put some … Continue reading →

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Ganymede

Posted on March 24, 2009 by pearce

I feel a little foolish posting the second picture, because it represents so little actual painting work, but quite a lot of investigation into the background of Temperance in the renaissance symbolism that lies behind the tarot cards of the … Continue reading →

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Complete Justice

Posted on March 23, 2009 by pearce

I had a little window of opportunity to fill this afternoon, so while Death dried behind me I set to work putting the finishing details onto Justice, including a delicate balance suspended from her hand. I decided to make a very … Continue reading →

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Death

Posted on March 22, 2009 by pearce

  Here’s the complete first layer of the bone man. I did a bit of research on scythes, being uncertain of the appearance of those  found in the old cards because I remember using one when I was a kid mowing … Continue reading →

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