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| Saturday, November 10, 2007 |
| Pinup work in progress |
 
Having almost an illustrative quality, and being painted on a small support, this pinup has been a challenge. The image is a total fantasy, so I changed her look a few times, her hair has gone from short to long, and she has undergone some major plastic surgeries as well as glazes all over her body. I used Venetian Turpentine to glaze. It takes about two weeks for the painting to dry and I will try to bring the values up, especially on her legs and her back.Labels: WIP |
| posted by Angel @ 11:41 AM
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| Friday, April 20, 2007 |
| My first go at Pastels |
I had a chance recently to get a Rembrandt soft pastel set on a Craigs List for $15, so I decided I had nothing to lose and 60 soft pastels to try. I've been concentrating on portraits recently, so this is a fantasy portrait(not a real person) from my imagination. My first complaint: pastels are messy! If you have decided to make your imminent world a mess free space, and have a long standing war on mess, this medium is not for you! There's dust, dust, dust! I am also tired of blending with my fingers, and charcoal stumps absorb pastels! The blending surface must be soft and non porous, non absorbent. I'm going to have to experiment. For eyes/brows, I used Prismacolor pencils, the rest is all pastels. I am willing to invest into pastel pencils or some hard Fabercastells, so that I can get into the tight spaces, which it seems to me, that the portrait is lacking more layers, but more important, more refinement. But pastels can be a great "fast" medium for me to do a color mapping/studies for my oil paintings.Labels: WIP |
| posted by Angel @ 11:53 AM
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| Monday, December 04, 2006 |
| Monday, December 04, 2006 |
I may be doing something different to this blog, since the format seems so naturally crude, I am hoping for a makover before the New Years. My basic HTML wishes me well, is all I can say. :-)
Speaking of which, why waste space, if both sides of the greeting card can recieve a little attention, right? So I thought. Thanks to ArtPapa's Flemish technique(where are you, spell checker, when I need you???), this rose was born. I was curious about the whole 7 oil layers thing, plus I had inked in all the little details and the outlines. Is it really worth all the trouble, the time, the waiting??? Its definitely a creative process, however, it's really easy to "lose the love" you initially felt for the painting, just because you haven't seen it in weeks!!! Of course, the reason for this maybe, is that I don't have an art studio in Venice, California, and all you can smell in my home is Martha Stewart kinda cooking. Oh well...Let's see: I have 3 layers completed, and I am dreading the "Dead Layer", because, well it simply is that: dead. unholy. ugly.
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| posted by Angel @ 9:40 PM
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| Monday, May 22, 2006 |
| Classics reproduction |
Let's face it, we've all done our versions of the masterpieces, so I'm just following the rocky path...I 'm fascinated with William Bourguereau's work, I love the colors, I want to uncover the secret of his realistic paintings! OK, here is stage one of the painting called Thieves(?) - obviously, a girl on the painting was of criminal background, but we can 't tell from her innocent, angelic face.
Stage 1.
Stage 2.
Stage 3.
 As you can see, I had to perform a little procedure called...brow-ectomy, where the left brow and ear had to be adjusted a little lower. Now , I know this is scary to see someone with such indian colors, but trust me...I have a devine plan...
Also, the way I work this girl is not going to be finished for awhile...I am compelled to add more falling hair from her hand and other modern things, but I am not keeping the (bright) colors.Labels: WIP |
| posted by Angel @ 10:51 PM
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