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Category Archives: Tarot-related paintings
Hella sunset
Looking through my files of photo reference materials I found this shot of the Stones of Steness, on Orkney, which brought back some great memories of midsummer sunset on the islands. I can use this as a source for the … Continue reading
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Fool
I’m posting a couple of pictures of the Fool from the Marseille and the Waite Rider decks so that I have a clear note of source material for the Traveling Man painting. I’ve always been fond of the Fool, who … Continue reading
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Traveler sketched, skulls moving
I’ve loosely sketched the traveler onto the panel to see how he looks in a very rough form at the actual size. It was enjoyable drawing at this scale, although I had to alter several things to become satisfied with … Continue reading
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Golden Section
I like to use the golden section as a compositional tool, just as the great artists of the renaissance did long ago, so it will come as no surprise that I’ve been working out how the Traveling Man painting will … Continue reading
Fool’s journey
I’ve sketched a new version of the Traveling Man painting, based on a path that is receding from the picture plane over a hilltop, so that the landscape is low in the composition, and allowing a valley view that needn’t … Continue reading
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Palette knives
That dawn sky on Thursday of last week had a huge impact upon my thinking about how the Traveling Man painting will work. I had thought that the composition would be dominated by the road winding through a landscape, with … Continue reading
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Grin and bear it
By painting a glaze of very light grey over the sky and taking most of it off with a rag I’ve brought solidity to the bottom of the clouds, then put on some pure titanium white on the top edges, … Continue reading
Bear necessity
I’ve been thoroughly enjoying myself in the studio, helping Rich cut panels in the new woodshop, setting up the skeleton for the Angel of Death painting and making the landscape for the Fortitude piece. First the woodshop, which is completely … Continue reading
Tarot celebration
Now Fortitude’s sky has clouds and my model has legs and the bruin is becoming more defined. I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s work, when I hope to get another layer of sky down, and to develop some mountains in the … Continue reading
Devils and angels
After my morning class I got started preparing the angels and devils sketches, moving toward decisions on what these big pieces are going to be. I’m particularly enjoying the scorpion-like people in the desert, and the hermit with the three … Continue reading
