Post #613466 by little lost tiki on Thu, Nov 10, 2011 7:14 AM

goooooooooooood Mornin!
made a bit more progress last night
into the wee hours
so i thought i'd share a bit
before heading off to work!

WestADad-Thanks for visiting,buddy!
Right now the piece just looks pathetic to me
but i think the reason is because
i can kinda see how it's GOING TO look finished..
and lemme tell you...
YOU are in for a TREAT!
:)

tigertail-Glad these walk-thrushelp to inspire and inform
my fellow Art Brothers and Sisters here on TC
Bring a sketchbook with you during these upcoming stagehand days
Because NOW is the time to let your Artist brain play
and accumulate inspiration....
never let a minute go to waste...
Art is our mission!

the paintpen DOES make a piece that is less painterly and more graphic
plus it's a bit faster because one can always draw faster than they can paint..
But that's not to say that one can't still make a piece look painterly in this style.....you'll see!

when i first approached this i did do a tiny amount of pencil sketching,but only to indicate where the huts would go
and to get a little bit of a sense of the space in the jungle...
so it wasn't totally freehand...just 93% of it....
Cel vinyl is a Blast to work with AND you can mix them with acrylics....and water them down or apply them opaque...
i think you'll enjoy them.....

as for the monkeypods
i used to mix gouache with gesso to get a colored ground and then go with gouache over it
light sanding is okay,but as long as you SEAL the heck out of it
it doesn't matter what you apply on there! as for food grade paint.....dunno......i just seal the livin HECK out of em!
Thanks again for the visit! :)

Well, here it is with most of the basic color fills blocked in

and some close-ups

This stage is mostly to establish the color blocking before i start adding the details....You can see how the paint covers the paintpen outlines a tad... Later ,when i apply the blue shadowing,that won't be as noticeable
but for now
it's going thru a messy phase......
please pardon our mess during construction!
:)

Here's the skull torches and a carved bird on a beam.....

and here's a view of one of the huts in a little valley/dip in the jungle floor...Have y'all noticed that not only are there carved birds in this piece
but real ones as well?
fun! fun!

Oh well!
it's time to get to work....
Talk atcha soon Ohana!
:)
Aloha!