Painting Color Over a Monochrome Under-painting Part 2: Hair
When making the color pass over a monochrome underpainting of hair, I use a slightly different approach. Rather than using straight, opaque tube [...]
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. [...]
Time For Some Under-painting….In Spaaaaaace!
Once I have a final to-scale drawing for the composition finished, the next step in my process is to transfer that drawing to [...]
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 [...]
‘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 [...]
Icarus’s New Wings, and Color!
Whew! It's been a busy...wow...almost two months since I posted images of the completed under-painting for the Icarus/Daedalus commission painting. I have finally [...]
Icarus/Daedalus Commission Update
Hello, everyone! Yes, I'm still alive. And I've been working. On paintings. Well, on a painting. For the last couple of months, I've [...]
Out of the Box
The 'Young Astronaut' is back from the photographer after some good dry time and a light coat of varnish. The varnish, incidentally, did [...]
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. [...]
Bridge Between Galaxies
I put a coat of varnish on this painting today. Once again, a project that started out as a fun diversion has surprised [...]