Post #323242 by Tiki Shark Art on Sat, Aug 4, 2007 11:54 AM

Aloha TC!
MctikiMahalo right back at ya! Yeah the colors are bringing a whole nother level, that will, (fingers crossed) balance it all out. Warm areas separating from the cool areas. Red balancing reds... and such.
tesKEYYeah, Months! Sheesh! I'm really gonna try and be more disciplined and crank the art out a tad faster. LLT and I are on such opposite sides of the spectrum of 'art speed' now! I'm gonna speed up a bit so he doesn't look like such a blur!!
Prints. Yes, prints. I think I will do something special with this one. I'm talking to Honu editions about it.

The work yesterday was laying ion some color washes over those pesky cave flowers. Bringing up some oranges and toning down some of the reds. So that was watery dabs of orange and Brown. Flowers are so complex, now I understand how people can paint nothing but flowers.
On the mysterious Wahine, I started layering in light tones to smooth out her skin. I think getting a smooth "inner glow" sort of look, is just about putting on many thin watery layers of wash. Slowly smoothing out the tones one to the other. I'm really influenced by the work of Lori Earley on this sea nymph. Just when I think I got her pretty smoothed out, I take a look at one of the women in Lori's work, and I have to layer on a few more smooth transitions!

So here's where it is so far. Getting close!
What's left? The Wahine, her hair (E-gads! I got no idea how to paint that yet!) and her flowery lei (Yikes more flowers!) and, of course the MUG!

Have a great weekend! Didn't actually make it to the beach yesterday, so we are thinking of going this morning. If we do I'll get a pic for ya.

Mahalo for watching!