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Sun, Nov 16, 2025 8:17 AM
Time to grow the garden.
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danlovestikis
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Mon, Nov 17, 2025 8:49 PM
I may be finished with this wish for Richard Parker. His idea.
My last steps to finish it.
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danlovestikis
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Thu, Nov 27, 2025 8:07 AM
Richard Parker sent photos of the painting hung in his home. Woo Hoo this is the fun part.
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Sat, Nov 29, 2025 7:51 AM
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 |
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Tue, Dec 2, 2025 8:19 PM
Thank you hang10tiki!My husband saw my last painting and requested a painting on a wooden pineapple with the Hot Tub Hula Girl in the middle. OK, all done. Here are a few of the steps to completion.
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Sun, Dec 7, 2025 6:11 PM
https://tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic_id=37965&post_id=817500&start=48#post-817500 I don't want to lose this thread about a Royal Hawaiian tiki and the mug I made for hang10tiki. |
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hang10tiki
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Thu, Dec 25, 2025 8:42 AM
Love the painting Merry Xmas
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danlovestikis
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Thu, Dec 25, 2025 11:30 AM
Well that made me smile and laugh. Thank you hang10tiki. |
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hang10tiki
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Fri, Jan 9, 2026 5:18 AM
Ready for the next wish list project!!! |
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danlovestikis
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Sat, Jan 17, 2026 9:39 AM
Thank you hang10tiki. Here it begins. I received another Wish so on January 1, 2026 I began. First a bit of history. I wanted to make a Missionary's Downfall bowl. The first one I sculpted was molded by Gecko. I don't know if he made any. I made one for Duane Orzol. You may note the missionary didn't know how to spell. This was a really hard cast so I tried a second version. I ended up only making one.
Then I made another one for Dan. Only this one was made. During our downsizing we sold it. Now the second owner or maybe third want's a painting of it. I can do that.
Just a side note. I finally gave up on the Missionary's Downfall and went with the Hot Tub Hula Girl instead.
Ryan Stowe's wish for this bowl changed when I informed him, he was missing the hula girl. But Dan had two and we sold one to Ryan. Now the painting will have the girl included. But he still wants the red outfit for the painting. |
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danlovestikis
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Sat, Jan 17, 2026 9:44 AM
Part 2 of Ryan Stowe's black velvet wish. This is the hula girl that Dan sold to Ryan so his bowl would be complete.
Ryan picked his frame and I printed out a huge photo of bowl and hula girl.
I cut it out. It fits perfectly. This is the orientation for Ryan's painting.
Copying is harder than just painting. Using a photo is a great help to make sure it will end up looking like the actual bowl and girl. This is going to be a weird but fun painting. |
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danlovestikis
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Sat, Jan 17, 2026 7:51 PM
I cut up the photo and used it to make an outline for Ryan Stowe's black velvet wish.
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danlovestikis
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Sun, Jan 18, 2026 8:13 AM
When painting on black velvet I choose where to paint that protects areas from accidental smears. Here are some steps.
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danlovestikis
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Mon, Jan 19, 2026 3:04 PM
More layers on the hula girl body, the white eyeballs, teeth and lastly the black lips have been started. All for the black velvet wish of Ryan Stowe.
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danlovestikis
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Tue, Jan 20, 2026 11:52 AM
I took a break from flesh and started on the swimsuit and then the tiki. Ryan said it was OK to do texture on the tiki so I used a spike.
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danlovestikis
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Wed, Jan 21, 2026 6:26 PM
Ryan Stowe's black velvet wish has more steps done. Floor of the mouth and the tongue that holds the girl in place.
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danlovestikis
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Thu, Jan 22, 2026 11:25 AM
In 2 days, I got a lot more layers applied. Teeth, hair, skin, swimsuit, eyeballs and tongue.
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danlovestikis
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Sat, Jan 24, 2026 6:47 PM
Time came to add grey around the eyes and on the lips. Did some work on the tongue too.
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danlovestikis
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Sun, Jan 25, 2026 8:28 AM
More layers and detail added to Ryan Stowe's black velvet wish.
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danlovestikis
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Mon, Jan 26, 2026 10:07 AM
Three days of painting.
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danlovestikis
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Wed, Jan 28, 2026 9:37 AM
Looks like the Incas had hula girls back in the day. I got the little decorations on the swimsuit and then worked on the face. All the black velvet bumps are making it hard. This face will be done many times before there is an end result.
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Wed, Jan 28, 2026 10:46 AM
The only way to get this face smooth and free of bums that show in the light is to sand the paint. Black velvet is not easy to paint when tiny details are needed.
Next it will go into a frame for Ryan to see. May need tweaks. |
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danlovestikis
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Wed, Jan 28, 2026 10:47 AM
Note: paintings should be viewed from 3 feet away. These super close up photos show details that are invisible at 3 feet. |
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danlovestikis
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Fri, Jan 30, 2026 9:43 AM
I sent photos to Ryan and the last details he wants added are stars at the top and Monstera leaves at the bottom. I'll head to work!
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hang10tiki
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Fri, Jan 30, 2026 1:19 PM
Nice. The RED makes it pop!!! |
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danlovestikis
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Fri, Jan 30, 2026 7:19 PM
Thank you hang10tiki. This is a horrible photo, but he sent it to show where to put the leaves and the stars. It's all blurry and washed out. Oh well. I started the leaves today. |
Here's a photo of Psycho Tiki D's HTHG and MD Mug and bowl.
I found that the tiny detail for a face isn't going to work on this rough surface. I added more skin tone paint and moved on.
I ended this 3rd day with more skin tone paint on the face. To make this work it will have to be smooth.
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