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Category Archives: The Cardinal Virtues
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
Sky
Short on cobalt blue paint, I used pigment mixed with a little oil, then added walnut alkyd to produce the lovely rich colour seen here. There’s something very satisfying about making your own paint, but it takes a lot longer … Continue reading
Bear
I’ve laid down the first layer of the bear’s head, but will wait until I get it more established before deciding on the arrangement of the hands over his muzzle. He’ll need a lot more definition in his fur to … Continue reading
Improved
The face is much improved, benefitting from a bit of attention this morning and afternoon. She’ll need some hands next. I moved her eye up a little, her eyebrow up quite a lot, extended the nose and chin out a … Continue reading
Practice
I’m slowly making some progress with the painting, interspersed with helping Sam with a second wood-shop workbench for the little space next to the studio. Clearly the face was better before, so I’ll need to pay closer attention to it … Continue reading
Gesso – grey day
I visited my friend Steve Aufhauser at his San Fernando Valley art supplies store while I was picking up some gesso in preparation for the arrival of the canvas I need to stretch onto the big panels. He’s such a … Continue reading
Fortitude
I enjoyed camping with my son for the weekend, striking camp early this morning and returning to the studio after running a mile and an abbreviated yoga practice. My colleague Terry Spehar-Fahey showed up and began work on a new … Continue reading
Bears and wolves
Here’s a strange coincidence: I spent several hours researching bears and wolves yesterday in pursuit of reference images and to learn how they are put together and specifically how they appear when they attack. Today I’ve spoken to three of … Continue reading
Devil in the details
I’ve been breaking down the composition of the Devil painting today, making construction lines on the canvas and sketching a little. I’m going to need a couple of models for this one, a man and a woman to pose as … Continue reading
