Category Archives: The Traveler

These have turned out pretty well so far. I’ve worked most of the day getting the dark shadows around the flower heads done, adding a yellow and brown centre to each one, and laying down some greens and browns over … Continue reading →

More roses en grisaille. This is tiring work, but it’s becoming more fluid as I do more of it. I’m noticing that my painting is speeding up in application, but that I’m at the stage of the painting where I’m … Continue reading →

Somehow the morning slipped away incredibly fast, and I only got this terre verte over the grey grass and the first layer of three dandelions done. I enjoyed the dandelions – a nice soft grey first, thin and wispy, then … Continue reading →

I got to work at about eleven and quickly got down to painting rose leaves and bringing the foreground closer to completion. It’s slow work that requires concentration, so I’m taking breaks for that ginseng tea and occasional wandering nearby … Continue reading →

I got so much work done today! Major changes to the painting, including lots of foliage on the left and right sides, a total re-invention of the cliff edge so that there are large boulders sticking out of the grass … Continue reading →

I must get some spectacles for this kind of detailed close-up work. Very tricky, I must have deleted the interlace on the knife pommel three or four times before finally figuring out what to do – it’s a pretty small … Continue reading →

I’ve made a few changes to the painting following a few days with my kids beside the ocean in Malibu. In the first picture you can see that the water has highlights of reflected light from the cloud base above, … Continue reading →

The Traveler has gained some jeans and a flask at his belt. This first layer is a little bright, so I’ll drop it back a bit later on with some Van Dyke Brown to deepen the shadows. I’ve added highlights … Continue reading →