This is my new Yin / Yang design commission painting for client . A complex design which is slowly taking shape. I have now covered the negative space with Green.
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28/march
Since the last update have now managed to paint the outer design & lotus flower . Feeling my way through the painting process .
The lotus design has been a very delicate painting project & is now really taking shape . I have still not completed the first layer but have been going over areas as a progress forward with this intricate mandala design.
28/may
I have now completed the first layer of the painting. A tough delicate painting project which has been a real joy to paint . The next stage will to further refine the design. The colours are starting to blend together in harmony .
2/12/20 I have carefully traced the Landscape painting from a high quality photograph, which has been cropped to a Panoramic composition.
The First layer i paint in a loose style to get the feel of the painting & to allow me then to refine the painting as i progress with more details & deeper colour application.
21/12/20 . The last few weeks i have started the second Layer of the painting . Currently focusing ob the Stones of the Tor . It’s a slow process that takes much patience to achieve more refinement.
8/2/21 . I Have now completed the fore Ground stones of the Landscape painting . This has been a very time consuming process but an Important Stage to begin to Achieve the realism i am aiming for .
11/5/21
Since the last update The Painting has progressed well . The open moor land has been a time consuming stage but well worth the time to enhance the depth of the landscape . I have introduced new colours to my palette , using gold green transparent oil paint with gold ochre & sap green plus red umber .
Started this back in October 2019 . first i traced the Celtic tree of life , which was a complex design so made sense to trace it . then i added the Celtic triangle , carefully centering it to sacred geometry principles. I have chosen a diverse colour range that was provided by Robins wishes . the first two layers of colour have been applied with a contrast of warm & cool colours . The aim is a achieve a high intensity colour range that creates an ethereal effect . This painting poses many challenges for me which i am slowly developing the depth of painting skills to achieve the desired outcome.
28/12/2019 took about two weeks to complete the branches & leaves which now look vibrant & colourful. I created a light source originating from behind the Celtic triangle which i will complete at the final stages of the painting .
2/3/2020 A new commission painting in oil . This is an astrological zodiac design that shows the orbits of the planets . The drawing was traced onto canvass, i have now began to add the first layer of colour using a warm & cool palette of vibrant colours.
24/3/2020 Have now completed the first layer of this painting . The Angels & banner took some time to complete . I have used a varied palette of vibrant cool & warm colours .
3/4/20 The second layer of oil paints is being added at this stage , i have completed the sun & sun rays going outwards . using cadmium yellow deep , naples yellow , burnt sienna & iredecent pearl white in the palette for the sun & rays .
29/10/18 New portrait of Mother Meera. Using a high quality picture, it has taken me a week to draw Mother Meera on the canvass. I choose not to trace the image as I see the drawing as an integral part of the painting process. I use a water soluble pencil for the drawing, helping to omit any errors. For the first layer of paint, I used mainly a monochrome palette of burnt umber, burnt sienna, raw umber, and Naples yellow to capture the light and dark tones of the portrait subject.
30/10/18 I have started applying colour using rich shades of magenta, rose madder, and alizarin red, to paint Mother Meera’s beautiful sari.
7/11/18 I have blocked in the first full layer of colour. Just some fine touches needed to fully complete the first layer. Then the difficult work begins.
27/11/18 Have begun the second layer of applying colour. The sari just needs refinement so I can now focus on the challenging part in rendering realistic skin tone. I have started to define the chin and lower part of the face.
10/12/18 The second layer of paint has now been applied. At this stage, most of the placement is accurate which will now allow me to fine tune the painting. The skin tone will be the most challenging area for me fine tune as I wish to achieve realism.
21/1/2019 Slowly the portrait of Mother Meera is taking shape. Have now completed the third layer of skin tone. This has been a long project with many challenges.
30/1/2019 Third layer of painting completed. Have worked on the lips, eyes, and background. The painting is really starting to take form.
27/5/19 I have completed another skin tone layer and in particular have worked on refining the eyes, background colour, and hair, so just some fine tuning then the painting will be finished.
This is my latest portrait painting, and I have carefully drawn out the details of Chief Sitting Bull on Canvass. I do not like to trace so I have taken my time to carefully outline the details of the face and ceremonial clothes .
Timeline
8/10/2019 Have completed the first layer of chief sitting bull portrait. I will as i progress further make changes to the colour layout. The first layer helps to bring structure to the painting composition.
10/12/2019 Since my last update i am near to completing the second layer of colour . constructing the face has taken me the longest stage to complete . working out the placement of the facial features has been very time consuming & challenging to say the least . Chief sitting bull is now looking more life like but is still at it’s early stages of completion.
2-1-2020 Finally completed the second layer of skin tone. Have changed the background colours to burnt sienna, red umber for the darker left side & a warmer naples yellow mixed with burnt sienna & cadmium yellow deep for the lighter right side of the painting background.
28/1/2020 I have now began the third layer of painting which the shirt & jumper has been painted . With the jumper i had to simplify a bit by working out the main details of the textured wool . I am satisfied the visual effect has been achieved . The shirt is more vibrant as well with a deeper degree of colour contrast .
14 /3/2020 After a very challenging stage i have completed the third layer of the clothes section now leaving me free to focus on the skin tone area of the face & hair . this has been such a powerful painting process for me .
21/5/2020 Well been a while since i have uploaded . I have now completed a very technically difficult stage of the painting . it took 2 months just to add the fine detail of the face . This project has been such a Wonderful , humbling process that has moved me on as an Artist to totally new chapter in my artistic journey in portraiture .
9/7/20 After 10 long months the third layer of colour has been completed . The portrait is now really taking shape & has been an amazing often exhausting process to achieve a high likeness of the great Chief Sitting bull.
