Category Archives: Tarot-related paintings

Carnegie

The Emperor painting has taken a giant leap forward, with an entirely new foreground landscape beginning to develop around the Empress. I’ve enjoyed painting the underlying dark areas that will lie beneath a range of grass that will be the … Continue reading

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Leaving the Foliage

The leaves have been treated to Sap Green mixed with Iron Oxide Red, and some strokes of Grey-Green to add variety, then the shadows deepened with a touch of Raw Umber. The buds have been painted with a little Cadmiium … Continue reading

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Green on Vine

The colour spreads further down the canvas, reaching the horizon line today. I need to work in areas because I want the highlights to blend with the darker greens in this stage, so I’ll move further down the painting later. … Continue reading

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Golden Sun, Silver Moon

                          It’s so good to start adding layers of colour into the painting after this long period of working in browns as the plants and bodies take shape. … Continue reading

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Hands and Face

I like adding bright colour into the features of the face once it’s pretty much done, usually blues in the darkest shadows and reds into the mouth, eyes and the bottom of the nose. I’ve also put a bit into … Continue reading

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Face it, Emperor

I’ve been working on adding more colour to the Emperor’s face and body, building up a layer of warmth, using a Burnt Sienna to make shadows richer, then blending to the edges of the hair with Raw Umber. For flesh … Continue reading

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Legs get Colour

I put a layer of paint over the legs, working wet white to build a first coat of flesh. It was challenging to keep the feeling of continuity in the changes of colour in the paint while dealing with regularly … Continue reading

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The Emperor’s skin

Because I’ve painted the Empress so that I can get the grass done I have all the colour mixes on the palette table, so I thought I’d better be practical and get the Emperor dressed in his skin too so … Continue reading

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Beneath the Grass

Because the grass will stand in front of the Empress’ legs I’ve decided to paint the skin now, then work on the grass over the top of it. This will be a lot better than trying to paint flesh around … Continue reading

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At the Edge of Completed Glory

I’ve repainted all the stems of the vines in white so that when I glaze the plant they will pop out a little brighter than the leaves, giving me an opportunity to add a little green-red mix over the white. … Continue reading

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