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Category Archives: Tarot-related paintings
In Contrast
Although it’s been great to see some amazing art over in Europe, coming back to the studio after such a long break was a relief, and I’ve had a productive day working on the background of the Star painting. While … Continue reading
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Studio talk
I had the pleasure of hosting a studio talk at my space at CLU yesterday afternoon, including a brief demonstration of glaze painting, using a Sap Green over the background of the Star to show the luminosity and  flexibility … Continue reading
Posted in Angel, Empress, Magician, Making work, Performance / lecture, The Star, The Traveler
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Star turn
After continuing the patchy Raw Umber brown a little further by using a rag to lift leaf shapes from the paint, revealing the orange glow of the Iron Oxide ground, I’ve expanded the range of the star shaped jasmine flowers … Continue reading
Posted in Angel, Empress, Pre-raphaelite, The Star, The Traveler
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Legs
Two layers of paint on the legs have given them some solidity, but I’m not yet satisfied with them; once I’ve applied a glaze coat of Ceramic White the color will match the upper half of the figure. The jug … Continue reading
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A Hand and a Little Green
A glaze of Sap Green over the loosely painted leaves and jasmine flowers is softening the background and helping to make the figure come forward. Now that the flowers are less bright they compete with the hair and face much … Continue reading
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Background
This has been quite a week, including an unexpected visit to the hospital for a little investigation into my heart that turned out well, showing that my ticker is strong and pretty much ok for now. I’ll spare the details, … Continue reading
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Yellow Dress
Two images of the work in progress today: first, a picture of it the face this afternoon with another layer of flesh adjusting the work; and then the first layer of colour going onto the dress. I added Titanium White … Continue reading
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Flesh
I’ve started to lay down the first layer of flesh colour to the figure’s skin, using a velatura of Viridian and Cadmium Orange with Ceramic White, then popping in and blending a touch of Iron Oxide Red in the shadows, … Continue reading
Posted in Making work, Sources, Tarot-related paintings, The Star
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Star Jasmine
I changed my mind about working on the figure today, choosing to develop the background a little more instead. I’ve painted the first of the star jasmine flowers around the figure, setting up the first layer of several more to … Continue reading
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After completing the Raw Umber glaze over the orange background of Iron Oxide I used Olive Green moved around with a soft rag to create a generalized patchy background of leafy shadows, then mixed a grey green with Raw Umber, … Continue reading
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