Painting Color Over a Monochrome Under-Painting Part 1: A Face
As promised, here is a brief overview of how I approach painting flesh tones over a completed monochrome under-painting. This approach uses straight tube colors applied opaquely, as opposed to my approach to painting hair [...]
My Current Flesh Tones Palette
I've had quite a few people ask about my flesh tones palette. There are probably nearly as many ways to mix flesh tones as there are artists to mix them, and none is necessarily better [...]
Ad Astra! A finished Painting.
The painting is finished! When last we saw our astronaut, she was painted in full color with the exception of her flight suit. I took two different approaches for the shirt and pants. I painted [...]
Now for the Fun Part…
As much fun as the Earth, the Milky Way, The moon, and the space stations were to paint, and as lovely as they are on in their own right, in this painting their real value [...]
Stars Above, Blue Skies Below
I did finally finish the underpainting, and after a few days the paint had dried sufficiently that the effect of the reflective glare off the brushstrokes was reduced enough for me to get a pretty [...]
A Quick ‘How Far We Can Go’ Progress Report…
Well, it’s been ‘another few days’, and the underpainting is still not finished. My attention for the past week or so has been split between work on this painting and various other projects, not the [...]
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Brainstorming a Project
I was asked whether or not I do sketches for a composition before I hire a model or go looking for additional reference material. The answer is, yes. Lots of sketches. Usually, in the process, [...]
How Far We Can Go
In 2003 I did a painting of a woman astronaut aboard a space station looking down at the Earth far below. ‘How Far We’ve come’ was about humanity’s incredible achievements in science and engineering, in [...]
‘Triumph of Daedalus Over Fate and Futility’
It is finished! the 120 inch by 60 inch commission painting of Daedalus and Icarus is finished and ready for delivery and installation in it's new home. The last few weeks since I last posted [...]
My Current Flesh Tones Palette
I've had quite a few people ask about my flesh tones palette. There are probably nearly as many ways to mix flesh tones as there are artists to mix them, and none is necessarily better [...]
A New Commission
For the past several weeks, I've had a really cool project in the works that I'm excited to finally be able to share. I was contacted by a gentleman who told me that the recently [...]
Starting a New Painting
I love the subject of kids reading. It is the perfect symbol of imagination. My stockpile of reference material on the subject is huge. So, whenever I find myself between projects or in negotiations for [...]
Preparing the panel for Icarus and Daedalus
The 120x60 inch Aluminum Composite panel for the Icarus/Daedalus commission is coming along nicely. Here I'm applying the second of three coats of Rublev Lead Oil Ground over a first layer of DTM Bonding Primer. [...]
Painting Color Over a Monochrome Under-Painting Part 1: A Face
As promised, here is a brief overview of how I approach painting flesh tones over a completed monochrome under-painting. This approach uses straight tube colors applied opaquely, as opposed to my approach to painting hair [...]
My Current Flesh Tones Palette
I've had quite a few people ask about my flesh tones palette. There are probably nearly as many ways to mix flesh tones as there are artists to mix them, and none is necessarily better [...]
Ad Astra! A finished Painting.
The painting is finished! When last we saw our astronaut, she was painted in full color with the exception of her flight suit. I took two different approaches for the shirt and pants. I painted [...]
Now for the Fun Part…
As much fun as the Earth, the Milky Way, The moon, and the space stations were to paint, and as lovely as they are on in their own right, in this painting their real value [...]