Hello Ohana!
What an exciting weekend!
Seeing dear friends Jason and Dannelle exchanging vows
and getin to schmooze at the Laguna beach Art museum
with Mr and Mrs BambooBen
and assorted art-tards!
And i started renovating the studio for maximum efficiency!
Final Step by Step of "Village of the Spirits"
But first.....
pennjones-Thanks sooo much!
Welcome to Tiki Central!
You'll find a bunch of geniusbrains
who carve,chip,bead,sculpt,assemble
paint,grind,pound
and construct things that'll blow your mind!
There's enough creativity on here
to fuel a Starship!
Welcome again
and happy Hunting!
:)
Robb-Mahalos art-brother!
It's always fun to get that
"There's something super-cool going on here, but I can't describe it"
feel when painting...
You know the deal..
it's a kind of magic feeling
when it all starts to come together
but it don't feel like your brain or hand
is doin it...
ArtoPilot!
:lol:
Mad Dog-i dread each Christmas now.....
I was getting the WOGGLYS
painting all that thatching and overlaps and shadows
sometimes you get so down in the detail
that ya get lost!
"impossible construction"
Piranesi had that goin on too!
Chegg im out!
Wess,
yeah, i try not to edit responses too much
and write like i talk
in an attempt to let the normals
peek into a crazyartistbrain for a spell...
I think I'd prefer Silly as opposed to Willy
for a first name!
Scroll down below to view the finished WORLD for this one!
And again.... Thank you ALL for visits
it is a pleasure to swerve you....
Now may i present....
"Village of the Spirits"
That's the title for now but i know i kin do better
so it may change...
(i got til November to give it a proper nomenclature)
acrylic and cel vinyl on wood with Bamboo Ben frame
i added more raw umber and did some washes
as well as adding highlights and such with a lightened Naples Yellow
and other colors
to POP certain elements...
the Ceremonial Hut
the background village hut
showing the full texture of the wood underneath...
also note the grass and rolling terrain...
:)
Here on the Community Hut facade
the highlighting and shading helped to bring the porch out
and flesh out the masks
This shows how the thatching pops off the surface a bit...
And here's the rolling hills and jungle in the distance
i tried to apply soft washes of umber to achieve this
Also did the same to the palms...
and,of course..
one last GET OFFA MAH HEAD!
This one was quite a fun adventure!
Until the next jag
i bid y'alls a fond Aloha!
:)
