Progress on Wake of Xenophobe 4
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Tag: xenophobe
Lots of Work on Xeno 4 in Life with Pets
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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Starting X1 Poster…
For this 23 ¾ inch square oil on canvas painting I completed the background with blue-shading and drippy green lines.
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Started Blenny
Started pet fish, Blenny, with background – looking forward to diving into this little pet Xenophobe.
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Underway!
Wilted Urn & Beloved Cat, a 12 x 23 3/4 in oil on canvas painting is underway!
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The Wake of Xenophobe 4
Starting this 32 x 42-inch oil on canvas hardboard Xenophobe version.
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Progress on Pet Cat, Odin
A Xenophobe pet started on a 10 x 12 oil on canvas hardboard with a nice blue-purple background to make his colorful eyes pop. Just a side note: I named this work after my cat, Odin – who’s also wonky. Photo by C. A. Schmidt, 2022.
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Sunday Doughnut
I started this 19 and ¾ x 19 and ¾ inch oil on canvas Xenophobe element. So far, I put in 4 and ½ hours – with still much to do. But I am enjoying the summer-tasty feel I am achieving.
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Xeno Practice Flowers
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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A Master’s Technique
Here’s the oil painting of the Xenophobe Pet Bird – done! I used Van Gogh’s painting technique where he would apply paint to one half of the brush and other paint on the other half of the brush. My approach was to add a lot of linseed oil to the paint so it rains wet on the canvas. I would […]
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