Post #263420 by little lost tiki on Mon, Oct 30, 2006 12:31 AM

Howdy-doo!
Thought I'd post some progress tonight because I gots other woiks to do this week.Can't believe I actually got some time in this weekend! Between re-reading "Curse of Lono" by HST and going to Biff's Mahaloween gig,and naps,I didn't think I was gonna shake the lazy's! But it happened....about 6pm til 11:30-nice little stint/jag/session in the studio! Worked a lot on the lava and the cliffs, and had to do a sketchbook entry to figure out the land mass on this thing! Sneakytiki is right, it's like consuming too much sugar when you stare at it reeeeal close! WaWaWaWaWa (say it out loud real fast...) In fact, Do Not Consume sugar while looking at this! I don't want to be responsible for anymore deaths..... The reason you get that effect is that I like to place colors that fight each other right next to each other,especially in narratives with a violent or shocking element.Colors can be your friend!Kind of like Clarita said earlier about action and colors...That and keeping all the outline the same color really messes with your sense of distance,check out some Indian and Persian Miniature Paintings to get that cool vibe! Thanks Paipo for all the props,your work does something to me when I look at it,you nail it! PM me and we'll talk about the repaint...How do YOU do it month in and month out? You're a stone-chiselling machine!As for the "HOW"...It's just discipline,an understanding family,chemical imbalance,overactive imagination,long naps,intellectual and visual stimulation sessions,playing good tunes,short naps,and having a studio at home and away from home, and cigarettes! and redbull...or coffee....or both! Hey Dawn! Totems are the shizzle! Saw that one of yours at the end of the hallway,can't wait to see more! Your colors are outtasight!Now get it in gear,friend! Tamapoutini, I likes to woiks big sometimes.It's always fun to have a few "showcase" pieces for an upcoming whatever.The smaller pieces are fun when I get ADD and want to get my head out out of the bigger pieces...It's hard to make the transition from waking to painting life.My whole life I've always felt in-between,so to speak...The old cranium is very good at visual retrieval and multi-tasking,which helps a lot during painting.The lighting is usually autopilot while the forms have to work into the narrative and the composition.Giving them each a personality,then seeing how they react to one another and their environment.A lot of pieces I'll let the landscape simply act as a prop,but in this painting, I tried to give it more life and direction,an entity, like Pele herself.I never fully separate from a painting even while at work.A good colorway,or vague silhouette will command cigarette break and quick sketch for when the painting starts later. Real life sucks but it pays the bills! I don't get out too much, so these are like little vacations! Isle Conch,Hiphipahula, thanks! And Huey...grab some rum and sit on yer bum,cause here's some more details! But first...earlier, I had mentioned the landscape as prop.Here's a good example in "The House of Good Fortune". Note how the house is the most important element and the cliffs and river lead you towards it. The main subject controls the composition....

Now in the Pele piece, the landscape has a bit more control over the painting,leading your eye to and fro-looking for a way out of this explosive landscape!

Here's a landscape study so I wouldn't get lost...

and here's some more details of the lava and the middle island.It appears to be shaping up quite well!


It's areas like these where I get lost in the foliage! If you're going on a mental vacation, you might as well have a taste of adventure!

Good night Ohana! Talk to y'all soon! Keep Creating!