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Portrait of Flash: New Painting Step 11
Jan 27, 2013
In this final step, I've reworked the area immediately behind Flash's shoulder to soften the rectangle shape that appeared there. I think the painting is now complete....
Portrait of Two Children
Jan 16, 2013
This is the block in for a portrait of two children. Although I'm creating this from an old photograph provided by the customer I spent a long time getting the layout, values and scale to my liking before starting the block-in. Before starting to paint I did a large value-study in pencil on pa...
Portrait of Flash: New Painting Step 10
Dec 17, 2012
The portrait of Flash with a few changes requested by the customer. Although they were mostly small things I think they made a significant improvement in the overall look. A few more tweaks and I think it will be finished....
Portrait of Flash: New painting step 9
Dec 5, 2012
Flash (WIP): 24x30 oil on linen, 2012 The finished painting with all the touch up, edge work and other refinements completed. I have it sitting on the mantlepiece in the family room so I can get a good look at it and enjoy it in natural room light....
Portrait of Flash: New painting step 8
Dec 3, 2012
I finally started the process of laying in the background. The most difficult and time consuming part of this was deciding on the best grey to use. Over the course of two hours I tried seven or eight different mixes and finally settled on a simple combination of Grumbacher raw umber and ...
Portrait of Flash: New painting step 7
Nov 29, 2012
The hooves are now painted in, although only three are showing so far. I spent a full morning on them. I worked on the body to build up the paint layer a little and it's starting to look more finished. I also wiped some extra tone into the background to give me a better sense of where to...