Monthly Archives: September 2013

Vietnam Jungle I – V

You know I don’t realize how much I’ve done until I look back at the previous blog. It seems like there is so much left to do … Hee … still, I guess I have painted a lot today. I … Continue reading

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Vietnam Jungle I – IV

Now I’ve finished painting in the dark Sap Green behind the starlike foliage in the middle left, for I’ve decided to paint the rest in Chrome Green, and … something else, I haven’t decided as of yet. In the middle … Continue reading

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Vietnam Jungle I – III

The most time-consuming painting I’ve completed since I last blogged to you has been the dark, almost black, Sap Green to the mid-left of the painting, behind the star-like lime foliage. Whoa! I’m telling you. I then today painted in … Continue reading

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Vietnam Jungle I – II

Here I’ve complete the mid-green foliage the the left and right. To the left is somewhat in code. Hee. Not that I understand what it says, mind you. Then I made a new lime, not a cheerful one, and painted … Continue reading

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Vietnam Jungle I – I

Yesterday I was able to paint in largely black and gray and white, a little Burnt Umber for the warmth of it, the trees and the rocks to the lower left. Today I was only able to make a tiny … Continue reading

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Vietnam Jungle I – Sketch

Here is the sketch that I just did beside the computer, so that I could see carefully all the details of the foliage in the original foto, which I did not take. Which is this. This, excitingly, begins the real … Continue reading

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Ready to Live XV Finitti

Yesterday I painted in this lovely reddish brown stripe, and today I painted in this lovely pink one over it. Ahem. It had to be done, for the brown was way too dark for everyone. Yes, everyone. Then, I painted … Continue reading

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Ready to Live XV – V

Here I’ve made significant progress with the inner Conch shell. I made a pink of Cadmium Red, Burnt Umber, and Titanium White, for the outermost left layer, then a sandalwood shade, with more Burnt Umber, a tad of red, a … Continue reading

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Ready to Live XV – IV

Here I’ve eventually completed the initial deep peachy red and deeper peachy red of the Scallop shell … hooray! which did take two days of painting. I do intend to come back and brush in some highlights of paler somethings … Continue reading

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Ready to Live XV – III

I mixed up a deep, dark peachy red out of the darkest Cadmium Red, some Red Oxide and  some Naples Yellow, and lined all the Scallop lines with a small round brush, don’t you know. Took meticulous skills. Which apparently … Continue reading

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