Today will be a succinct post. These are just some more of the Troll Painting as it evolves. The actual painting right now is coming right along. I am finding that zone of love of painting as it comes to life on the page. For those of you following at home. I’ve done some color…
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Troll Process; First Moves
Somewhere in the caverns of my mind I realized that I could photo-journal this while I was making it. It turns out to be quite interesting to me. Far too often is a painting finished and one has to just remember how it got there. With this new “computer-magic”, well, we can all go along…
Have A Spare
The burned out light bulb. As an image it says a lot. Today has been a two steps back day for this painting. Although not a total failure, but certainly enough to want to set fire to something. Let’s start with the paper. Oh, my lovely Strathmore 500 why have your forsaken me. After making…
All Trolls On Board!
Finely, the Troll image has made it onto the board! The next step will be painting, which can be a hair raising experience. This all took a little extra time due to a family emergency that came up. Now things are in order, and we’re getting back on track. It’s all part of the process….
Troll Time
Well, thank goodness for friends. After showing my previous drawing (here) of this scene to some comrades, it was justly pointed out to me that there were some holes in the work. So, as the saying goes, back to the drawing board. I feel better for the revisit, the piece is stronger and should communicate…
Figure Drawing Friday
Ahh, another Figure Drawing session Friday. I am really loving these occasions to draw for a few hours. Today’s excitement was that we did without a model. For those of you who’ve ever had to make due, you know the drill. It’s portraits of the people around you, or people start to volunteer to be the model….
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