Oil and gold leaf on wooden panel. Panel prepared with three coats of acrylic “gesso” lightly sanded between coats. Ground was then toned with Transparent Earth Red. Palette and Supplies: Cadmium Red Medium Quinacridone Red Naples Yellow Sap Green Viridian Green Ultramarine Blue Prussian Blue Dioxazine Purple Transparent Earth Red (FastMatte) Flake White...
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Oil and gold leaf on wooden panel. Panel prepared with two coats of acrylic “gesso.” Ground was then toned with Terra Rosa. Gold leaf was applied to entire panel and oil paint applied over leaf. Palette and Supplies: Cadmium Red Medium Naples Yellow Yellow Ochre Terre Verte Phthalo Blue Terra Rosa Burnt Sienna Burnt Umber Mars Black Flake White Galkyd Slow...
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Oil on mounted linen. Canvas prepared with two coats of acrylic “gesso” followed by two coats of oil based primer. Ground was then toned with burnt sienna. Palette and Supplies: Cadmium Red Medium Quinacridone Magenta Yellow Ochre Transparent Orange Phtalo Blue Dioxazine Purple Burnt Sienna Burnt Umber Rich Gold Chromatic Black Flake White Galkyd Slow Dry...
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Oil on reclaimed canvas. Canvas prepared with two coats of acrylic “gesso.” Ground was then toned, painted with a different portrait in acrylic paint. Canvas was reclaimed by painting over the original portrait with a mixture of Raw Umber and Flake White. Liberally embedded as usual with cat hair for texture. I limited myself to a palette of only 6 colors....
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Based on the still life by contemporary artist Arthur Da Costa (1921-2004). Did this one really quickly for a couple of reasons. First, I wanted to see how fast I could do it (about 5 hours total). Second, I wondered how it might feel to have to paint towards a deadline. Artists are undervalued and underpaid by our society. Only a minority of artists actually support...
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Based on the still life by contemporary Dutch painter Jos van Riswick. Oil on mounted linen. Canvas prepared with two coats of acrylic “gesso,” one coat of Gamblin Oil Primer. Ground was then toned, painted with a different portrait. Canvas was reclaimed by painting over the original portrait with a mixture of Hooker Green, Raw Umber and Flake White....
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