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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Virtues
I enlisted my kids to help put the first coat of gesso onto the big canvas. They’re really good at helping me in the studio, seldom complaining and usually cheerful, especially when there are donuts and lunch offered as tasty … Continue reading
Gesso
Following an entertaining family effort (my kids and Joseph with squirt bottles filled with distilled water) to give the big canvas a wash so that the creases drop out and the canvas gets a little tighter, Joseph worked on gessoing while I … Continue reading
Epic
We had an exciting time hanging the giant canvas onto the wall. This painting of the virtues is by far the most ambitious project I’ve considered, and I’m really looking forward to getting started on it. I have yet to … Continue reading
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Shooting the Empress
My daughter and a couple of her friends modeled for me alongside a couple of my students for photos of the Empress, which I’ve also referred to as the Angel of Birth. The shoot went rather well, with my student … Continue reading
Leaf fall
I’m moving from Amelia’s verdant green springtime to winter leaves, blown to the feet of the angel of death. So far I’ve painted the base of a grey brown, and begun to render the richer orange browns in that delicious … Continue reading
Green again
I’ve expanded the range of green leaves across to both sides of the canvas, and I’m surprised to find myself really enjoying the play of the green against the dark background, because I have used green so seldom in the past. … Continue reading
