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 [...]
Painting Color Over a Monochrome Underpainting – Part 1: A Face
As promised, here is a brief overview of how I approach painting flesh tones over a completed monochrome underpainting. This approach uses straight [...]
Daedalus Project Color Update: Burgundy Edition
Happy Friday! It has been a busy, long, and productive week of work on the Daedalus Project...and now two and a half of [...]
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 [...]
All Systems Go
I believe this painting is finished! Other than a few very minor touch-ups, most likely unnoticeable in a photo, and a coat of [...]
That’s a Nice Suit You’ve Got There!
Somehow another week has already passed! It would be hard to believe if I didn't have some serious progress on the 'Young Astronaut' [...]
Skies of Blue, Clouds of White
Time for an end-of-the-week progress update on the 'Young Astronaut' commission. The past week has been all about getting some color into the [...]
‘Young Astronaut’ Under-painting Progress
Over the past several days I been able to put quite a bit of work into the underpainting for the 'Young Astronaut' commission. I'm very [...]
‘Young Astronaut’ Underpainting Continued: The Background
I've made some good progress on the underpainting for 'Young Astronaut'. The shuttle and the station are both in place, and so far [...]
‘Young Astronaut’ Underpainting: Early Stages
With all the separate elements competing for attention in this composition, the play of light, the values and the contrast are going to [...]