I’m about to start a big painting and I want the skin to appear to be in the moonlight, so I’ve done this colour study to see if a different technique will work. On a burnt umber imprimatura (coloured ground) I’ve done a grisaille, which you can still see in the face. Then I worked in skin colour and hair on top of that. I don’t like it. This ain’t gonna work. Good thing I did a colour study first before digging into the final painting!
I have just a few details and touch-ups but it’s so so so close to being done! Finally.
Blue Sari Fabric Study, 75 x 100cm, oil on canvas, 2018
This painting (and others like it) will be shown in the West Seattle Art Walk at Glow Natural Health for the second Thursday of July, August, and September.
WIP: I’m going to have some sari fabric studies up at my friend’s business for the West Seattle Art Walk next month. Most of the fabric studies I have done are small, so I’m working on a bigger piece to help fill the walls. Once this is dry, I’ll paint the pattern.
I had a great photo shoot with the lovely Patrick Daniels last night for a painting that I’ve been thinking a lot about for nearly nine months. It’s time to give birth to this thing!
Wow. I really thought that I would have had finished this painting by now, but the migraines are really holding me back. I pushed through a migraine and got a little grisaille done on this figure.
I was really looking forward to painting this vest! I don’t know why, but some things are more fun to paint than others.
