Post #397142 by little lost tiki on Mon, Jul 28, 2008 1:43 PM

I'm Back!
and.as promised....here's those Tiki Drawings that i couldn't scan at home....
But first....
Wow! what a response...glad y'all like the studies and progress pix....
I've learned so much from all you guys who post your progress,explain your technique,
give out book titles,and show us your studies.....
A lotta folks think these paintings just pop outta thin air....
that would be waaaaaay cool
but unfortunately,doesn't happen very much...

surfintiki-thanks! I did most of those studies from photos in my reference file and from books....the Asians really had the wave meets beautiful form look nailed! I'm saving those studies for the Last canvas-the DEATH one......

Bill-i need to shoot down to a Chop so you can hose off all that Clysdalle from my bod! :lol:

teaKs-I think these ones may evoke that japanese feel cause i grew up staring at Hiroshige and Hokusai prints..but moreso, i think it's the fact i used an ink brushpen and water on paper-their mediums of choice...the beauty of Asian art is that ,often,it doesn't need any color,but appears colorful.....weirdest thing,eh? Mahalos!

Brad-Thanks man! What are YOU working on now? I see you at the easel,but can't make out the canvas....give up the goods,bruddah!

Thank you hewey! mammoth project....never thought of it like that-but I've learned,in order to create Grand paintings,you must tackle each part of the piece grandly....if that makes any sense....

Robb! Thanks man!That blue is from one of hem TOMBO brush felt tip markers-they bleed really weird when you slosh some water on them,but they're fun to use on fast drawings....
Mayan.Cycladic,Greek,Roman.Estrucan,Gothic,Sumerian,Asian,polynesian....i read and study everything i can get my hands on....Sometimes i feel that it's already been done,but if you mix up your sources just right,new possibilities are created....I dig the flatness,the theatrical enclosed space of mayan sculpture,as well as the no space left empty sensibility of persian miniatures...it all just seeps in and flows out...like an Art history book in a blender! my ancestry is Dutch,Czech,and (obviously) Polish... :lol:

Szulkaski has that same flavor-of mixing cultural styles for his monument studies ,drawings,sculptures,and paintings...google him! It'll inspire ya! not that you need any.... :)

here;s the one ink drawing i got done this week-in between water studies....
"Song of the Volcano"
ink /tissue paper on watercolor paper
these two guys were culled from the batch of tiki drawings i did this week in between drying and ciggies....

Here they is!
"Warpath"

"the Chin Scratcher"

"Brothers"

"Dinner"

"Drummers"

"Cannibal Drummer"

"Masked Dancer"

"Two-person Mask"

that's it for now!
Put a good EIGHT hours into the Tropical planet gets invaded by Robotic tikis painting yesterday and will be working on it Wednesday night at the Light Gallery if you wanna take a Gander.....what the hell is a Gander?
See you THERE!
Free Mai-Tais-if you're into that.......
Toodles!