Monthly Archives: January 2014

Vietnam Jungle IV – XXI

So today and yesterday I finished the first lyrical layers of the lower portion of the painting. I need to determine now if it is too distracting to the overall painting. Hmmm. I will need to sit with it and … Continue reading

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Vietnam Jungle IV – XX

Today I’ve created a mid-section of Sap Green and the darker blue-green mix. They are like jewels, they are so translucent, and I strove hard to make the brush strokes worthy before they dried. But then my back started to … Continue reading

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Vietnam Jungle IV – IXX

Whoa, babydoll, now we’re getting some texture, and color, and ? lyricism. Yes. Today I painted solely in Sap Green, to give added depth down the center and to the far left and mid-left of the piece. Who knows what … Continue reading

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Vietnam Jungle IV – XIII

This is getting really fun, playing with first layers of delicate, almost transparent, lyrical, watery shapes. Ahhhh. Fortunately the two blue-green mixes are still workable, and I made a new one as well, just for the watery layer base. I … Continue reading

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Vietnam Jungle IV – XII

The upper half of the painting has been painted, in the first layers … more to come, to highlight and deepen, of course … … Finished Dawn of the Senses by Alberto Blanco today, with a stunning poem … truly … Continue reading

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Vietnam Jungle IV – XI

The depth of the foreground behind the foliage has been completed with both a tiny round and the new bright brush … and I’ve begun the abstract detail, somewhat lyrical depth behind the higher brush on the upper right … … Continue reading

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Vietnam Jungle IV – X

Now the most forefront foliage is complete … I did also attempt a little layering with the darker blue-green mix here and there. You won’t be able to tell. The layering with the Sap Green is much more evident. Filled … Continue reading

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Vietnam Jungle VI – IX

Here the foreground foliage is really coming alive … it’s really exciting to me to see this happening before my eyes … leaf by leafe … I did start to add a bit of definition with Sap Green as well … Continue reading

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Vietnam VI – VIII

Here I’ve extended the painting of the foliage in three areas, and begun to create the mid-section of the branch in the forefront. I have kind of a rhythm now, and am going as fast as I can with the … Continue reading

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Vietnam Jungle IV – VII

  Working here still on the Chrome Green layers of the major foliage in the foreground, to the far left, then following up with the defining Sap Green layers, interstitially. This morning I just did a bit of work in … Continue reading

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