Happy National Doughnut Day! I worked on the detail – highlighting and shading of the donut (detail image) – and I worked on the background to soften the pink undertones and deepen the red tone. Here’s the earlier version:
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I worked on the television screen underpainting – using deeper tones. Then I added the highlights. I’m quite pleased with the result. I also completed the heart. Watch me paint his nose! (The wife called it “proboscis.” I guess it is!)
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X4 in Life with Pets
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I’ve got my YouTube page up and running. Stay tuned…
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Making progress on X2 Poster. The detail is done for the pool cue.
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Close portrait. Lots of detail here.
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In this 30 x 40-inch oil and canvas hardboard painting, over the course of a few weeks, I set out to use the same color pallet as the Wake of Xenophobe 4, changing the texture and lightening and deepening the color in precise areas. Here I used grey to indicate his lack of life. The table’s paint colors are muddy […]
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Wilted Urn & Beloved Cat, a 12 x 23 3/4 in oil on canvas painting is underway!
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Starting this 32 x 42-inch oil on canvas hardboard Xenophobe version.
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These 4 x 6 oil paintings on canvas hardboard began as a practice session, exploring ideas how to paint the urn flowers for the Wake of Xenophobe 4. When I finished the round cone, I knew the color wasn’t going to work with the composition. I didn’t want to toss it incomplete, so I moved forward, painted the background and […]
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