stlukesguild
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While finishing up with the last painting I began working on the next one... something I rarely do. I always complete a single painting before moving on to the next. Years ago, I used to work on several paintings at the same time. The problem is that I would become frustrated when one painting hit the "ugly stage" and I'd abandon it and focus on another. During the time I spent working on abstract collages I learned to fight my way through and complete one work before moving on to the next. The shift to pastel and acrylic also helped as I no longer had to wait for a painting to dry.
This was the third painting in a row on the theme of two sisters. I have no pictures of the work in progress until this state. At this point I'm clearly thinking of going with that Flora and Fauna theme again with Flora surrounded by flowers and plants and Fauna in a cat costume.
Again, I initially thought of using brighter, more Pop Art-like colors.
As usual, I work out the patterns and tessellations well before I think of beginning work on rendering the figures due to the fact that I often need to have guidelines cross over the figure(s).
At this point, I dumped the "Flora/Fauna" theme and got rid of the Catgirl costume.
I sanded out and painted over the face and body on the right and then re-drew and re-gilded things.
I brought a darker red and salmon-pink into the background and broke up the smaller halo on the right with a red/white checkerboard. I also used a teal in the guidelines in the patterns to help make these grids "jump".
I listened too much to my former studio mate and decided to avoid the black and white checkerboard down below and went with reds and pinks instead.
continued...
This was the third painting in a row on the theme of two sisters. I have no pictures of the work in progress until this state. At this point I'm clearly thinking of going with that Flora and Fauna theme again with Flora surrounded by flowers and plants and Fauna in a cat costume.
Again, I initially thought of using brighter, more Pop Art-like colors.
As usual, I work out the patterns and tessellations well before I think of beginning work on rendering the figures due to the fact that I often need to have guidelines cross over the figure(s).
At this point, I dumped the "Flora/Fauna" theme and got rid of the Catgirl costume.
I sanded out and painted over the face and body on the right and then re-drew and re-gilded things.
I brought a darker red and salmon-pink into the background and broke up the smaller halo on the right with a red/white checkerboard. I also used a teal in the guidelines in the patterns to help make these grids "jump".
I listened too much to my former studio mate and decided to avoid the black and white checkerboard down below and went with reds and pinks instead.
continued...
