TODAY'S FEATURED POST
Rock & Roll Fantasy Series X 2 Plus a Strange Skull!
Horns up!! Thought I'd share a few quickies this month from IX con! All of these paintings were one session pieces, and I attacked them in the same way. (Pretty Much) I started with an acrylic Wash over a Conte pastel drawing. Working in the Conte first, kept the drawing light and flexible. I could lift it off in areas if needed, and I stayed with like a brick red pastel so I would not…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Saying Goodbye
August 22, 2024 - Lost my best bud a little while back. Knew I wanted to do a painting of him, and had a few pics selected that I'd shot one morning of him laying out in the sun to work from. I've always done paintings of loved ones who've passed. It's sorta been my way of saying goodbye. I think about them as I work, and try to paint how I remember them into the painting a little bit. It's a nice way to work through those feelings, and in the end to I made a nice little memorial piece that lives on in some way. But I couldn't do it with Bob. I managed to get a drawing done and transferred it to a panel, but I could not bring myself to paint it. I'd look at…
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