Post #638972 by danlovestikis on Sat, Jun 2, 2012 10:41 AM

Hi McTiki I think you will see a glimpse of your tiki in one of the photos here but not yet in the painting.

MadDogMike the swap is sure going great guns. Your tile table is really special. I hope you don't have to ship it to the Antarctic.

Here is the Progress report on the Spy/Tiki painting for Oasis. Also I'm keeping an eye on the Creature from the Bob Lagoon. It won't be much longer before I can bisque fire all the Bob mugs that have been waiting.

First off when I start a painting I gather together a bunch of helpful photos. Some from trips, some from Google Images (example type in clouds and click on images and you get a hundred photos of clouds)and if you ask nice you may use friends photos as shown below.

I set them on the painting to see how they look. In the front is McTikis Tiki, in the back a painting off Google and a photo I took of a hut at Crown Plaza Resort last Oasis.

I tape photos together, trim off the excess and put them on the painting and outline them.

I fill in the outline with either black or permanent hooker's green paint.

Then I further outline the base of the building with a silver felt pen.

Looking at the photo I add detail. This will change over and over again as the painting progresses. Nothing is for certain.

On-line I found these great brushes that are good for painting wood grain and thatch etc.

Cutting small pieces of blue tape I position them for the underside of the hut roof.

I also added a bit of thatch to the back edge of the roof.

Now it was time to turn off the lights and spend time with Dan.

Tom Brill bought my Missionary's Downfall Alter Bowl from bavtech at Don the Beachcombers a couple of months ago. It is at the back of the table in this cool photo he put on facebook. He and his friends are making a movie and some tiki art will be in it. I'm lucky that they choose one of my pieces.

Until next time, Wendy