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Monthly Archives: November 2009

NEW SITE!

I finally got a chance to put up a new site for my art. Things are much more simple than previous incarnations of the site, and should prove easier to get around and see the work. There’s not much new work as of yet, but I have a lot on it’s way. I’ll eventually have a new site up for my web design company (Two Twenty Two Design Studio) as…

PHOTOSHOOT

Finally had a new shoot last weekend with my friend Ophelia, a fantastic model who I’ve already painted twice (she was the subject of the Skull painting step by step). I’m already into one big painting, and am preparing another shot to take to the East Coast to work on out there. I’ll be at [...]

STEP by STEP – day done

and it’s done. the picture below is not color accurate and full of glare, but once things dry, I’ll do a temporary varnish and have it shot by a guy who knows what he’s doing. so stay tuned for that!

STEP by STEP – day 7 and some more

at this point, with everything down, i’m reworking areas I missed, and adding lots of glaze. I generally will start glazing my darks, this time with a mix of burnt and raw umber, alizarin crimson, and ultramarine blue…all cut with liquin.
here’s how things are looking about halfway through the glazing. since glazing is pretty fast [...]

STEP by STEP – day 6

and down goes the hair, which you cannot see because of the glare and my shitty photography. I don’t worry too much about the border between the hair and the skin at this point, it’s a tricky area and is easier to execute with glazes.

and onto the poodle skull. I rented this from the Bone [...]