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Step 10 2 Aug 2013 | 01:56 am
I'm back to work on Santa but can only squeeze in about an hour at a time. I am nightshift all this weekend so I won't get more done for a few days. I am working on correcting values all over and have...
For a show 29 Jul 2013 | 06:25 pm
I have been delayed in doing more work on the Santa painting because of a deadline for a painting for a show with my local art club. This was supposed to be a quick and easy painting (16 x 24) but tur...
Step 9 4 Jul 2013 | 12:06 am
I was right. Getting the masking fluid off was four hours of hard work. I should never have left it on so long. It turned into a gooey, sticky mess. However, I finally got it off and I'm moving on. To...
Step 8 30 Jun 2013 | 03:39 am
I think this has been a record for not continuing with a painting. Lots of things got in the way of my art. I taught two workshops out of town and the family went to Jamaica for my son's destination w...
Step 7 12 Apr 2013 | 02:34 am
I have been slow to get back to this one. Today was mostly working on starting the pin stripes on the shirt figuring out where the folds were. Still another sleeve to do on that before I start going d...
Step 6 6 Mar 2013 | 03:02 am
Another session working all over the painting. Another dark wash on the background, more colour in the folds of the shirt, the first washes on the vest, more colour on the hair and beard, and a wash o...
Step 5 5 Mar 2013 | 02:04 am
I softened some of the edges of the folds, added more colour to the hair and beard, and added darker values to better define the face. Now I have to wait for everything to dry before I can do more.
Step 4 4 Mar 2013 | 02:59 am
Today I worked all over the painting. I darkened the background, started working out the folds in the shirt sleeves, added some masking fluid on the white hairs of the beard and hair, worked some more...
Step 3 25 Feb 2013 | 02:30 am
I added the first washes over the chair carrying it over the background as well. Still very ugly but this is just underpainting to start it getting darker and the beginnings of the right colours. I al...
Step 2 24 Feb 2013 | 01:53 am
Today I started adding a dark wash over the background. It is bluish right now but will end up almost black when finished. The chair is brown leather so that will be washed over the chair and backgrou...
