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Category Archives: Tarot-related paintings
Flipped for a Sunset Sky
I’ve finished painting the legs with the exception of the shoes, which I will do later. I’ve limited myself to simpler tasks today because I’m just too tired to do the more detailed work. It’s been a productive but mostly … Continue reading
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Armed
The Magician increasingly gains solidity as the Raw Umber rendering materializes over the roughly sketched outline and white base painting. The sketched wand will take a decorative spiral twisting around the handle, while adding detail elsewhere will make different features … Continue reading
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Getting Ahead
The Magician has a face. Strong featured, with high cheekbones and a strong mouth, she’s full of character. This has been very enjoyable, even exciting at times. I love painting faces, shifting the balance of expression by making very small … Continue reading
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Half a Pair of Legs
Now the Magician has a leg to stand on she’s beginning to seem more substantial. I still enjoying working on the stripes, building depth out of making slender lines toward the edges of the legs, and relishing the rippling when … Continue reading
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Michael Maier on Natural Magic
Early Western science included the study of the medical benefits of herbs, alchemical experimentation with distillation and a philosophical understanding of the evidence of the handwork of the deity in the natural world. Because there was such a lack of … Continue reading
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In the Cards
The Magician If the Fool is an archetypal expression of an initiate, the Magician is hard to beat as an expression of an adept who has mastered elementary principles. He looks away from his table, where a cup, knife, bowl … Continue reading
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Belt up
Instead of painting the face today I decided to continue working on the striped pants and jacket, bringing them to this state. It’s very satisfying to see the Magician emerging like this, the character is already so three dimensional because … Continue reading
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Black and White Stripes and Rocks
I’m using a Raw Umber around the rocks to re-draw their edges and place a shadow on the right of each rock, following the key light that will be constant throughout the painting. The flags are all redrawn, and I’m … Continue reading
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Desert
The landscape occupied by the Magician is taking shape quite quickly, with a gradual shift from darker foreground to lighter horizon painted with a Foundation white and a little Cremnitz mixed with some Raw Sienna and Raw Umber. I’ve worked … Continue reading
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Empress
I’m not sure where to begin with writing about the changes I’ve made to the painting today, there have been a multitude of small alterations, while a few areas got a lot of attention. First, the Iron Oxide glaze work … Continue reading
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