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Category Archives: The Cardinal Virtues
The face of Justice
Having done as much as I could to Amelia’s orb I moved back to Justice, who has been neglected of late, to build the surface of her face up a little. This is a wild improvement upon the sketched up … Continue reading
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Anniversary approaches…
December 18th will be the first anniversary of this blog! Hard to believe that it’s nearly been a year. It’s been a great exercise for me, requiring me to think about what I’ve done each day and sort through it … Continue reading
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Hairs Temperance
I enjoyed getting the Raw Sienna into the hair, using some Prussian Blue to counter the yellowness of the pigment. I ragged some of that blue onto the wings while I was at it, and I beginning to see how … Continue reading
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So Cal
I drove back to Thousand Oaks today, an eight hour journey that felt like fifteen. I arrived here at about nine pm, deciding like a lunatic to get into the studio and paint once I got to unload, which I … Continue reading
Justice gets the blues
Here’s the base layer of the shadows on Justice’s robe. I love the play between the blue and the white, very pleasant, but I’m going to have to warm up the shadows on the left side so the figure gets … Continue reading
Temperance chastens
Another layer of zinc white over the shadow work in the wings, Â dropping the dark areas back into the white and giving a softer quality to the surface of the feathers. I put the stream of water between the bottles … Continue reading
Temperance has wings
 I finally put a light blue grey detail onto the wings, then dry-brushed some dark grey over the top so that a next layer of zinc white will have something to live over. The dark grey background is a … Continue reading
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Amelia in the dark, Temperance gets wings
I built up some of the shadows for Amelia’s background. I like the way this looks so far, and we’ll see where it goes from here. The light is beginning to feel real and she’s coming off the canvas quite … Continue reading
Temperance and Amelia – the dark
I painted and knifed an en grisaille layer for Amelia, who needs to have some rich dark shadows if the light effect is going to be effective. I worked some darkness into the shadows of the Temperance piece but I … Continue reading
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Temperance gets another layer
Working fast, I added a layer of burnt sienna and a touch of ultramarine blue into the leather overcoat, a bit of grey onto the pants and shirt. Raw Sienna is the perfect base for blond hair, so I glazed … Continue reading
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