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D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9082	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Fri, Jun 1, 2012 8:39 AM TikiRootsTocka these photos are not much to see but most paintings start out like this unless you are little lost tiki. His painting are super from the first stroke. You should look at his step by steps. I'm glad I'm giving out some useful information. hang10tiki you are such a great support here and I really appreciate you. TikiTie wow I'm super happy to have inspired you and your wife. You should start a thread of your own here and keep us up to date. We all love to watch people learn. Progress report on the Tiki Oasis 12 Tiki/Spy Painting. I save the blue tape and re-use it as needed. But if you re-use the tape make sure it is dry or you could transfer paint to areas you don't want it. Here I have put down two strips so that I can paint a dark line at the horizon. The tape is removed and here is the line. Also note how rough my sky has become. That happens if you don't add enough water to your paint and the brush drags it as you stroke across the canvas. One challenge is to keep the canvas from stretching. If it does the board holding the canvas will begin to show. Each time you pull paint across it more will be left and it's impossible to hide that later on. Keep the pressure light. Here is an example. We bought this painting at Caliente in spite of this defect. I'm just showing a corner. So far Mine is OK. Using four colors of paint that I mix on the lid I blend this line into the rest of the ocean. The stokes of color become larger the closer they come to you. Now it was time to remove some of the tiny lumps in the sky. I put my fingers under the canvas and match them to those above holding the sand paper. Gently I sand it until it is smoother. Use water and you won't need to do this but it is a neat trick. Now I have added a few tiny further away clouds at the left bottom of the sky. This is a photo to show how I mixed the paint as I worked on the ocean. Have you ever gazed at clouds and viewed them forming dogs or other objects? I've put two into these clouds do you see them? Cheers, Wendy

TikiRootsTocka these photos are not much to see but most paintings start out like this unless you are little lost tiki. His painting are super from the first stroke. You should look at his step by steps. I'm glad I'm giving out some useful information.

hang10tiki you are such a great support here and I really appreciate you.

TikiTie wow I'm super happy to have inspired you and your wife. You should start a thread of your own here and keep us up to date. We all love to watch people learn.

Progress report on the Tiki Oasis 12 Tiki/Spy Painting.

I save the blue tape and re-use it as needed. But if you re-use the tape make sure it is dry or you could transfer paint to areas you don't want it. Here I have put down two strips so that I can paint a dark line at the horizon.

The tape is removed and here is the line. Also note how rough my sky has become. That happens if you don't add enough water to your paint and the brush drags it as you stroke across the canvas.

One challenge is to keep the canvas from stretching. If it does the board holding the canvas will begin to show. Each time you pull paint across it more will be left and it's impossible to hide that later on. Keep the pressure light.
Here is an example. We bought this painting at Caliente in spite of this defect. I'm just showing a corner.

So far Mine is OK.

Using four colors of paint that I mix on the lid I blend this line into the rest of the ocean. The stokes of color become larger the closer they come to you.

Now it was time to remove some of the tiny lumps in the sky. I put my fingers under the canvas and match them to those above holding the sand paper. Gently I sand it until it is smoother. Use water and you won't need to do this but it is a neat trick.

Now I have added a few tiny further away clouds at the left bottom of the sky.

This is a photo to show how I mixed the paint as I worked on the ocean.

Have you ever gazed at clouds and viewed them forming dogs or other objects? I've put two into these clouds do you see them?

Cheers, Wendy

Post #638814 by danlovestikis on Fri, Jun 1, 2012 8:39 AM