Post #606648 by tigertail777 on Tue, Sep 13, 2011 7:06 PM

Hey thanks Mike, it's good to be working on it again. Yeah I am going to have to set aside time to do art I want to do, or I may go a little crazy. Still not making much money on the client work just yet, so it might be a while after this one is done before I can start on another as I need to buy supplies...running low on paints, and need either new canvas or wood pieces to paint on.

Meanwhile I painted more on the little lady last night, with the beginnings of the Moai filled in, and a lot more of the reflections on the bubbles. Getting super close to finishing this one, just need to muck up the Moai with seaweed/coral/barnacles (plus add more lighting effects) and some little touch ups here and there and finishing the mermaid hand.

I think I have a title for the piece now: "Voyeur in the Bubble Bath" well it works for now I may change it, any suggestions anyone?

Some close ups:

Texture on the Moai head

I had been using a cookie sheet for a painting palette, but it seems to have disappeared. I wanted to get painting right away, so I found some old vinyl floor tiles I am using for palettes right now. I really need to find some kind of palette surface that is easy to scrape off the paint it is always a pain to pry the old dry paints up so I can start on something new, and I don't like the idea of throwing something away with each painting unless it can be recycled somehow; I can picture landfills full of painting palettes. I had thought it would be easy to pry the paint off the vinyl tiles...boy was I wrong. I will have to figure out some kind of art to turn the vinyl tiles into after this.