As expected, I spent the day working on details, and completed it this evening. it’s now scanned and ready here.
Fever
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New art completed today – “Fever”
work progress – skin blocked in
today I started on the skin, using colored pencils and oil pastels. Since the stocking takes up more than half the body, it was quick work to fill in the flesh…
I had enough time to work on the details this evening, finishing the piece. I used colored pencils for some the detail work, blending them in with my fingers, then used a brush dipped in turpenoid for finer control. To complete the piece, I used gray and white oil pastels for the hat fur, blending them with my fingers and a tortillion to spread it out in furry streaks. As a finishing touch, I used a white colored pencil to get the finer fur. I’ll post the final piece in the next post, once it has been scanned and uploaded.
new art completed today – “Devil’s Bride”
I did some tests for dripping paint, and satisfied with the results, I cautiously added red drips to the painting. Whenever one would touch the model, I held up a towel to absorb the excess so it wouldn’t’ drip into it. Since I relied on gravity to create the dip lines, some are not parallel due to the curving of the paper. If I could’ve secured the corner flat, I would’ve, but I wanted the paint to go across corner to corner. It adds an off-kilter feel to the piece, which I think is appropriate.
With that done, I mixed a purple gray acrylic and painted the skull down to the cheeks, leaving the eye sockets and below the cheeks as they were. This gives it more solidity, but still doesn’t pull it too forward in the focus. With the subtle hints of detail in the face, I think it’s right where I want it, so I won’t add anything more to that.
The final stage was fine details in the face and hair. I switched between colored pencils and oil pastels as needed, finishing with a brush dipped in turpenoid to blend it all smooth.
Once the oil had dried sufficiently, I scanned the painting, and have it up and ready in the website here.
Devil's Bride
New art completed – “Ladybug”
Detailing this piece went well, and I finished quickly. I think this is due to neither hand showing, and much of the body and legs covered in clothing. This allowed me to concentrate on the face, and even it was easy enough. Colored pencils were too grainy on this board, so I went with using a brush dipped in turpenoid with the oil pastels. Sometimes this creates to harsh a line for my taste, but I’m learning more to control it, getting more blend out of it now. Perhaps in times this will take over all my pencils detailing, who knows.
In any case, it’s done now, and available here in the store.
Ladybug
