Post #384244 by little lost tiki on Tue, Jun 3, 2008 12:12 AM

Thank you VampiressRN!
i like that piece a lot too....
The background gave me the feel of a sun shower
well, a Midwestern sun shower as I've never been to the Islands....
But bigToe wrote and said that's exactly how one feels on the Islands...
YAY!
Well, besides the previous drawings, i got to work on the Journey-2nd canvas
this week....
Here's what i got so far....

just a few changes from the big ink study...
had to adapt it to the square format.....
changed his helmet and the sun face

and gave him some hair and feathers....

i like how it's Polynesian,but also alludes to the classical roman archetype of a warrior
how it kind of crosses cultures to reach an essence...
here's a close-up of his face....

I'm doing this canvas in acrylic and MAY or MAY NOT use paintpen with it....
Here's the prow so far...layering and layering colors
and i have to be careful i don't cover up the boatsman in the background too much!

here's the paddle attached to the boat...just started on this area
so you can get a feel of the beginning layers.... and the transparency...

Humorous intermission....
Whilst watching Bamboo Ben's shop this weekend
i was honored by many esteemed visitors....
two of them....not so esteemed...but they brought gifts!
GROG brought a Pixie stick
Squid brought a TWIX bar (with JAVA!)
and this beautiful piece...
LOVE!

At first i thought that this would lead to an uncomfortable situation
until Dave smiled and turned the object and revealed.....

a Hawaiian Warrior!
Ready to be painted up and brought to life!
Genius! That Boy has an EYE for this stuff!
i loves my Squid!
Ernie too! i guess(that pixie Stick amped me out!)

end of Humorous intermission....

Back in march i started this porthole piece
worked a little bit on it in March...
at the Chop....
then dropped it for awhile...
when the mModern came up
i didn't like the porthole piece
so i did those 3 from scratch
and the porthole piece
sat lonely in the studio/garage
becoming a home for black widows....
Until this weekend!
YAY!
Decided to revive this guy
and work on him while minding Ben's store.....
and now i like it again!
not sure if I'm gonna hang it square
or as a diamond....

Here's some details of the figures so far...
I'm thinking the name will be like "mandala of the plumeria"
or "Guardians of the Plumeria" or sumptin like thet!

Corner guy!

Center guy!
He looks good right side up and upside down!

and the middle part I've just started...
was gonna put a landscape in there
but decided to go hippy-trippy on it!
Plus ,that ways you can hang it a number of ways!
YAY!

Well, that's all i got......except the yawns..got lots of those!
G'night dear family!