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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Morning Glory Foundation
Morning Glory is perfect for this painting, with its heart shaped leaves, wonderfully colourful flowers and reputation as a plant that opens doorways to other worlds. It’s a fragile flower that lasts for a short time, but one that blooms … Continue reading
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Ivy Creeps
Despite the day being turned upside down yesterday by a cancelled plane flight to England, resulting in many phone calls and waiting for hours to get through to Virgin Atlantic (no luck) I made it into the studio to paint … Continue reading
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Magician
I really don’t want to leave this eight feet square blank canvas sitting with nothing on it, so I decided to grid it out and place the Magician’s figure onto the new surface. She lines up beautifully with the golden … Continue reading
In the Shadow of the Empress
Now that the yellow dress is mostly complete I’ve begun adding the shadows cast by the Empress onto the bodies beside her, imagining where the light falls. The orange dress needed a lot of work, with much of it dropping … Continue reading
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Drop Shadows, Lighten Fabric
The base work for the pattern is complete, and a couple of my students said “I’d wear that dress” so I think I’ll let this dry, lighten it up a bit, then pop a bit of yellow into it to … Continue reading
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Interlaced Dress
This is working well. I’ve created a pattern over the surface of the dress to break it up more effectively than the simple layered structure it had before. It’s a lot of work, taking plenty of time, partly because the … Continue reading
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Botticelli Madonna’s Match
Two Madonnas by Botticelli Botticelli’s washed out palette continues to interest me, particularly when it’s compared to the bright colour choices made by his student Fillipino Lippi, who I think actually manages to outdo his master in rendering what have … Continue reading
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A New Cut
I’ve commented before on my dislike for the design of the yellow dress, so it will come as no surprise that I’ve started re-working the surface of the skirt, starting with a Raw Umber mixed with a little Burnt Sienna. … Continue reading
Solid rock
On Thursday I shot photos of one of my students in the role of the Magician – I posted the sketch for it a few days ago. She has a particularly dramatic appearance that’s going to be really wonderful to paint, … Continue reading
Liminal Columns
Dividing the columns into the fluted areas and the relief surface will help me to render the shadows in both, because I’ll be able to wipe off the glazes that otherwise would be hard to control as they spill off … Continue reading
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