Some days are high energy, some days are low. Such is the way of circadian rhythm, metabolic cycle, celestial alignment and emotional distraction. I don’t fight these things and I don’t force a project. Large scale photorealism is hard enough at full power. Today is a day for taking in instead of putting out. It [...]
Archive for May, 2011
I’m starting a new piece. Canvas again. It has been my dream for a long long time to draw my figures life size or larger. There is a physical demand on the artist when working at this scale and that is part of what I like. I’ve often said that drawing feels very much like [...]
Finished. This piece measures 40 inches wide by 30 inches tall and took 30 hours to complete. This project really beat me up. Without exaggeration, it was a thrilling and excruciating personal adventure. What is it that drives me to do this? I don’t know but there are at least two forces at work: One [...]
Fleshtones are coming along. Scale is making the biggest difference. Whereas I’d be using small tools and small hand motions before, now everything is bigger. As always, new challenges let me invent new solutions.
So a bit of excitement has been going on. I was feeling really good that all my effort in the hair had seemed to pay off and things were looking half decent. I figured I was out of the woods and ready to breeze through the flesh tones. That’s when I made a big mistake. [...]
