This is one of those weeks (months/years) where I will be a bit short on my blogging/posting as I commit most of my labor to the creation of the large format oil painting Beren and Luthien in the Court of Thingol and Melian. Here are a few progress shots as of today.
Most of the color you see is the acrylic wash layers. I have now begun the detailing, further structural modeling, and coloring in oils.
For the previous MuddyColors post on the drawing and scale reference:
http://muddycolors.blogspot.com/2015/02/slow-and-steady-beren-and-luthien-in.html
The toned drawings below were created while outside the studio. Hard to pack a 120″ wet canvas for travel and to work on while on vacation 🙂
Back to work!
Melisandre – A Song of Ice and Fire 11″ x 14″ |
Gandalf on the Bridge of Khazad-dum 11″ x 14″ |
Gifted, no doubt. Keep working 🙂
Those blues and greens you're using as washes– are those close to the colors you'll be laying down in oils, or are you deliberately picking contrasting colors for the underlayer?
Awesome endevor! Keep going. I have been wondering if I will be able to see this at Illuxcon this year? I'd understand if not. Like you said, hard to pack a 120 inch canvas haha.
Wow! All these oil paintings are looking wonderful. They are describing the history. You know I want to make a beautiful Aboriginal Art painting using oil painting techniques. I wonder if you can share some guidelines for this!!
Nice work really like it, great collections of paintings, thanks for sharing for all at one place.
Thanks
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