Post #601612 by little lost tiki on Tue, Aug 9, 2011 7:30 AM

Mahalo Kids!
Just got 3 pieces DONE this weekend
before i have to travel to the Land of Commission for awhile.....
Two of em are HERE
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=35616&forum=21&start=210&213

and one i actually took some step-by-steps
to show you how a painting is born and raised...

harro!will be seeing you SOON,buddy! Oasis is next week!
Shoot me a PM soon and we can discuss how to get you your Moai Waterfall piece!

Markusk-Mahalo Man! Glad you totally "got" the Sleeping Village...
i was trying for a feeling and now,thru your kind words and observations,
have assured me that i have succeeded with the vibe i wanted to give it!
No Moais in this one...this village is somewhere in PNG land! :)
the hair is getting better,by the way!

Mike!-mmmmm Hard Lemonade....i won't venture to look on the label at the ingredients,tho! :)
i think the Walkabout huts need a painting....
Hope to avoid you at Oasis! :lol:

Wendy-I'll be seeing you soon too,my darling!CANNOT WAIT! :)

Sneaks-Thank you Man! I think this one is still up in Portland...
I'll have to check 'cause i miss it! Love the ideas of an Agiba SkullRack dreaming!
Somethin cute AND sinister about it!

OOOkay!!!!! I got 20-some minutes to post all this before going to work
so wish me LUCK!

"the Secret Meal" a step-by-step

start with a piece of raw masonite..
Drink lots of coffee''''
sketch on it real quick with a white pastel pencil
Go over that a lil slower with a black sharpie pen....

Grab some acrylics and start filling in areas-going thick in some areas
and building it up in washes in other areas.....

here's the colors i used...

some close-ups of the filled areas.... very rough!

Here it is after a good initial covering....

close-up!

i added a color...

then, i grabbed a tube of the dark teal and did a few light washes
over the piece....wiping out areas i wanted lighter and deepening areas
blah blah blah....

close-ups!

I was gonna just PAINT the whole thing
But fate played a chance in this one...
I lost a close friend,Jeff Kohno,whom I've known for almost twenty years
he died suddenly and within a matter of 2 days....
We were very close and he always came by to the studio with some grinds
and a desire to get yet another acquisition for his hut down the street
(he owned a substantial Ruzic/LLT collection)
He also was proud owner of the inspiration bug and
began to paint almost as much as i did!

Anyways,when he passed,his close friend Stanley brought me a purple box with
a handle and two clasps... i opened it...it was FULL of paint pens!
He loved those things...in fact,a lot of the work he collected was more
acrylic with paintpen embellished over it...

So mahalo Jeff! and thank you for the many gifts you brought into our lives....
i felt the best way to honor you would be to break out the paintpens
and have a go at it....
It's been a while...

so i grabbed the black paintpen aaaaand...

close-ups!

By using thick and thin lines,it reinforces the flat dimensional quality
with the more realistic background depth.....

close-ups!

Then i started filling in other colors
yellow on the flowers
green on the leaves
getting a more woody texture on the shields

close-up

a little more work

close-ups!
worked on the lighting of sun peeking thru the vegetation...

After ALL that,i went in with a final black,developing shadows and giving it a more graphic look ..........
TA DA!

"the Secret Meal"
acrylic,cel-vinyl,and paintpen on masonite
16x20

close-ups! Final close-ups!

Have a Sun-Shiney Day!
and thanks for visitin!
:)