Here it is!
as promised,dear Ohana..
Not just ONE
but TWO
pieces with progress shots!
Looks like it's a gonna be your LUCKY DAY!
:)
First off....
one of a group of pieces I'll be sending to an exhibition in Portland slated for July
"the Cannibal King's Dinner"
acrylic and cel-vinyl on textured and mounted canvas board
(Never tried this canvas board stuff,but Art Supply Warehouse had a BIG SALE ,so i grabbed one to try out.)
Anyways,the texture and light absorption is pretty cool!
Sooooo, Sketched it out lightly in pencil
and proceeded to do light washes of color
building up the helmet and skulls and teeth.
Used a light light almost blueish for the skulls and teeth
and three browns....
the background jungle was an olive drab and rendered all wishy-washy on the background
(i've always admired BigToe's ability to just throw a few brushstrokes around
do a little blending
and BAM!
it's a JUNGLE!
Sometimes i hate being surrounded by geniuses....
Bustin my butt gettin all the details tight
and then Toe stumbles in
spends 20 minutes scribblin like a savant jacked-up on coffee
and he nails it!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
:)
Welpers....Sometimes Daddy gets tired and needs to find a way to retain the IMPRESSION of a Jungle
but not haveta go all Henri Rousseau on the background..
That way the main focus is the Cannibal king and his delightful din-din! :)
Anyways... i rant.
Here it is
so far.....
As you can see,it's from that sketchbook study from the previous post....
Had to squat him a bit to fit
(Had a Boo Ben frame,but it was just too vertical
and wasn't singing out to me for that piece)
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
You figgered the chubbier and more squat he looks
the more amusing he will be to the viewers!
2 words.... Patton Oswald!
the guy's funny and he's short and squat....
Anyways......
Here's a real close-up so you can see the pencil and the layers of washes....
Next piece in progress.......
"MoonBird"
acrylic and cel-vinyl on masonite
This one's a stained glass style piece
using the white "leading" instead of the sepia,black,or navy ...
This one was a "sketch out roughly and worry about the rest later" piece
Been slowly warming up to re-approach some older and newer pieces i need to get done
and so sometimes i WING IT!
i sketch out the main lines and flow with a white pastel pencil
sharp as a pinhead! that way when the paint dries
it rubs off with a damp paper towel!
Here's all the outlines done
awaiting shading...
and here's a close-up of the astonished chief and rower...
That's all i gots for now!
Time to go to work!
Have a wonderful day,my friends!
