Post #373302 by Tiki Shark Art on Sat, Apr 12, 2008 12:38 PM

Aloha!
Paipo~Thanks man! Yeah, the green lighting helped make his face emerge from the night sky some more. It's getting tight, is it the best I've done? Well, I guess you always want to think the one your currently working on is the best you've ever done. Honestly, at times I felt it was the best, and at others I ... er... wasn't so sure. But, now it's really starting to make me happy. Bela's getting that weird semi-life that some paintings have. You know, like when you walk in the room and you see these big yellowy eyes, and your brain keeps thinking that there's someone, someone alive, staring at you.

The strongest time I ever had this feeling was years ago, in a artist's studio, in Venice California. He specialized in life sized portraits - done in an "old Master's" style - many many glazes of oil paint. In his studio was this huge canvas, nearly all black except for a standing, naked, girl. Some how the figure in the painting seemed more alive than the actual people in his studio. It was uncanny.

Now, Bela's no where near that level of mastery in oils, however, you walk in my studio and right away you feel his eyes on you.
(Hmmm, that sounds darned creepy! Okay, maybe the VOG is getting to me!)

Last night I did some work on #14.

Here's the second pass at the clouds.

I wasn't so sure the clouds were looking like I wanted em. So I did a quick pencil study.

Looking at the study, I did another pass over the clouds.

I keep telling myself I want parts of this painting to remain "rough". I want to see some brush strokes, and texture. (but I find myself having to stop my hand from seeking out to smooth out everything!)

Mahalo!