Post #778879 by danlovestikis on Tue, Aug 15, 2017 9:13 AM

WISH LIST #7 continues towards the end.

This Black Velvet Painting was the wish of Jeffery Bannow here on Tiki Central.

I print photos of the tikis in the best size for the velvet I will be working on.

Then I begin with each tiki.

I like to tip a tiki in each painting to give it movement.

I use the cut out template to outline the shape and then I go from there.

So many little lines of paint to go over and over again.

Once all the tikis have been blocked out with the first layers of paint I

can begin to paint the plants.

One at a time. These I like to complete

with all the layers of paint before moving on to the next.

This is very much like planning out a garden to grow into a beautiful place.

While doing the garden every so often I return to add more layers to the tikis. Here I added more orange.

I have made prints of each painting so that I make sure each one is different. I've done 2 for Tiki Oasis and 2 for the Wish List. I have one to do for Geoffrey Ramirez and that will end this Wish List #7.

I used a different Disney bird for this one since there was room and I try to change each picture.

I found a black bamboo frame. I once saw black bamboo growing on the island of Kauai. It's beautiful.

I sure would like to see where this has been hung. Hint Hint.