got a short step-by-step of a new piece "the Sunshower"
but first....
regan-thank you! The pineapple fields turned out nicely
and I'm glad you think so too!We'll have to have a picnic there sometime!
I will begin offering prints up next week at the TJO CD release party exclusively
They will be 12x12 on a nice hearty matte stock
and they will be signed and numbered in a limited edition of 25
and i think i'm gonna be offering them for $20 apiece...
After the CD Release i will begin to offer them to the "general public"
(ie: here and Facebook)
Remember kids.... I don't offer up prints too often
but if this small run does well
then i will contact Mr. Wickedly
about doing another small run of somethin...
I would like these to not only provide you all with years of enjoyment
but also would like you all to have the chance to get "in" on a small run of prints
and the potential value it may accrue...
You guys don't know how many artist friends of mine have told me
- to do more than 25 prints (50 they say!)
- to charge more for them....
Fergit that!
You have all been so wonderful and supportive and inspirational
I couldn't see fleecing y'all like that!
maybe those other guys want your money for the least amount of product
but not me,LLT!
I respect and love you all too much!
:)
Mike-Thank you for reading and plodding thru my creative journey under the Midnight Sun!
Jason-YAY! i think it's about time you tackled a CD cover for someone,eh?
Dawn!AGGROCROWDOPHOBIA FOREVER!
you need to bust out some step-by-steps,my girl!
Robb-yeah,those concept sketches are fast and furious
more about ideas and feelings than actual content...
Sometimes they shoot thru my head so fast it's hard to jot them down!
Not even Kraken Rum can slow it down
(and i can attest to that,just finishing a drunken birthday weekend!)
Glad to see you're up to tackling another painting....
That Moai of yours has a real grand feeling to it so far!.SHAZAYAM!
alrightio!
Last weekend when we was all artjammin
Carolyn,Stacy,and Hinano "huggybear" Paul popped by the studio
with monkeypods,space needle ashtrays,and a Bamboo Ben piece
they wanted me to embellish....
it looked like this!
not wanting to obliterate ben's work completely
i grabbed some gesso and painted in Flowers,palms.and a Sun!
i kinda winged it,but when you wing these kind of pieces
they usually don't disappoint!
After the gesso was dry, i addded some blue shadows to begin developing some depth.
From there ,i began to lay in washes of other colors to their prospective objects
(ie: red for the Hibiscus,etc.)
Close-ups!
after all of that,i added some olive motifs to Ben's background
and after all those washes...began some black for the outlines....
And here it is..... Finished!
"Sunshower"
acrylic and cel vinyl on wooden Bamboo Ben framed creation
Thanks for the visit!
