TSA
Joined: Aug 31, 2006
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TSA
ALOHA TIKI TRIBE!
Sneakytiki - Thanks for noticing! I know it's not the faster easier way to sketch out every thing every little detail, but some how I can't do that. My paintings grow organically, layer on layer as I build the base structure and then tear it apart or add on or take away... like the TIKI: I got a good wood grain flow going... now it's being beaten up, gouged, weathered, cracked, soon I will lay in semi-transparent layers of green like sea mold has latched onto the wood. I think of this as me being Father Time, taking a fresh beautifully carved tiki, now, I destroy it.
Step 14
The long slow way to paint an old tiki, but it makes sense in my creative cycle. I build and then tear down. More work, but I can see where it'd look better weatherized and worn. I find things I would not have thought of at first sketch. And I discovered one basic rule - the longer I get to spend time painting on a very an object in a painting, the better I will make it look, This is especially important when it comes to Tikis. They should be painted slowly, with love and care and I savor every bit. Making sure it all looks just right.
But, Sneakytiki, no vote on the Hole in da' head? What should be on this tiki's mind? A Skull? A gold Skull? A gold Skull with gem eyes - sort of Indiana Jonesy mythology thrown in there? Maybe one BIG jewel? A living Eye? What hasn't been done? Whatdouyouthink?
aloha-
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