Okay!
finally got a little sliver of time to show y'all the fruits of my weekend Art jag
and to reply to all you wunnerful folks!
Babs!
As much as I'd like to....
I got the Tiki mag Release party then 2 weeks later,a Tonga Hut gig!
I'm gonna be all tuckered out!
Gonna wait til Feb when our work sends us to Vegas for the MAGIC/POOL/PROJECT apparel shows there!
Then Toe and i are gonna go tear up the joint!
Plus i heard that Bowana and Cammo were goin with you..
and they got B.O.! :lol:
Robb,
thanks man!
Not as swanky as your pad,but i can spill and not stress! :)
Tried that water/enamel technique a while back..pretty cool
but i usually work over the background with gouache or ink and they would bead right off!
I wonder if acrylic would lay on top of that? it is oil-based,so i wonder.....
Anyways..you Rockin Robb-in! :lol:
BigToe's Paddlehead is the shizznazz,by the way!
Sneaky! I want what YOU'RE havin!
smells like cherry cough syrup over there! :lol:
Howland..
Brad! Wait'll you see the pile done!
It'll make you wanna smoke a carton! :)
it could only help your Johnny Cash voice!
Ah! Fergit waitin...
here is dem pile of bones all done!
Get down to Cali so we can Part-EYE!
:lol:
Ernie-just enrolled!
Hope it'll do some good....
Hank! Herro!
Send me that awning pic Sir!
And give Rita and Monkey big kissys!
Toe!
Happy birthday Centenarian!
as for your birthday requests.....
No...
and NO...
sorry!
Rotting Rats smell worse than decomposing groupies.....
PHEW!
:lol:
Robb-quit visiting so much!
don't you have some velvets to create?
I wanna see YOU do a shrunken head.....
C'mon! THOR's on board.....
Brad!
Thanks man! great talking to you the other day!
The Curiosity was kind of a Victorian handbill thingie....Glad you like it!
Let's see a shrunken head from you too!
And get those guests outta the house so you can paint more!
Well,back to catchup...
Got a Colwood Woodburner with 5 different tips in the mail last week....
a delightful surprise from a dear friend!
Thank you x 10000000000000! :)
(I'm not mentioning any names
because i don't want this fellah to be harangued by all of y'all
pleading for art supplies and personal favors....)
Anyways....
this thing is LEAGUES away from that 99ยข woodburner i had!
No more waiting for it to heat up (takes seconds!) and a dial to adjust the heat!
It's just like drawing! i work best at a level 6-that way it burns just as fast as i can draw!
Wow.....Thanks again!
Well, here's that "Cannibal Drummer" from awhile back!
finally finished and hand-tinted.....
"Cannibal Drummer" woodburn and ink on wood
and here's a "wingin it" piece i did while waiting for sealant to dry on another piece....
"Tiki Tree Totem" woodburn and ink on wood
Finally finished my Frankie's Shrunken head piece!
What a BLUR!
"Frankies" acrylic on wood with a lovely Bamboo Ben frame!
What fun was that!
Speed painting!
No Zipfizz bottles were damaged during the making of this painting!
:lol:
Here's some details.....
head of the cannibal idol
Come Closer!
Closer!
Hold it right there!
Cheggout the Lucky Seven above the door....
or is it?
it was a hoot apply washes to get the depth goin a little...
Here's the Shrunken goatee dude...
Close up!
and his lucky Ace attached to the bamboo head stick...
and of course, the die add up to seven...
lucky? hmmmm....
It feels like I've graduated a level on the acrylic washes
almost beginning to like it better than gouache
in the sense that you can lay acrylic washes over the base color
and it won't come up..
if only it was as chalky/creamy as gouache!
Ah well......
you can't have EVERYTHING!
Besides the Tiki magazine Release gig at Damons in 2 weeks
Also got asked by GROG to be in this year's Tiki Wonderland at the Tonga Hut on the 6th of decembrrrrr..
So i figgered i'd better start working on some stuff for the people!
so i painted up this fellah on a spare Bamboo Ben frame..
"Night journey" gouache on gessoed wood
here it is with the frame...
and without the frame!
Also did this one!
"the Smile" gouache on wood
and this fun drawing..
"One morning, the idol appeared..."
ink on paper
and this abstract one!
"Mid-Day" ink on paper...
Also finished "the Village Tiki"
Hadn't worked on that in a few...
"the Village Tiki" gouache,ink,penciland paintpen on canvas...mixed media! :)
details Smetails!
BUT! i took that lil guy from there (and the Smile and Outside the Village)
and decided to try him in an abstract piece
and to just WING it!
Picasso style!
Ciggies and all!
Let bliss lead where it may!
fall into the abyss!
jump in headfirst!
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
So first, i needed a surface to paint on....
before my buddy Justin left to move up North, he left me a
few wooden 2x2's already with background painting /texture on them..
Thanks Justin!
This was my last one,so the pressure to do something really nice was HIGH!
Here's what i started with..
just winged it and tried to balance the elements i wanted as
it was sketched on the surface with a water-soluble pencil....
The elements,you ask?
the Tiki/some tapa-ish motifs/a big shield/and some vegetation
started with a mustard/sand color
then the other colors as they came to me....
cream/Burnt Orange/Olive-Forest/Burnt Umbah!
all the colors filled in...
Next i added a Naples yellow outline and gave some of the elements more dimension with subtle shadows....
and i think it's done! :)
"Jungle Dance" acrylic on wood
Details!
I love how the washes bring out the grain of the wood! YIPPEE!
That's it for now! Thanks for takin a gander!
hi ho!
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[ Edited by: little lost tiki 2008-11-10 23:21 ]
