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Viet-Nam War Series Finitti, Earth Painting Finitti … Hooray!
http://www.amyjackson.cc/paintings/vietnamwar10.html It is with an enormous amount of relief and clarity that I bring closure to the Viet-Nam series. I do strongly suggest that you stop reading my blog here, click the link above a) for a much bigger and … Continue reading
Viet-Nam 10 – Peace on Earth – 2 and 3
Above are the latest two layers of my attempt at an Earth blue ocean mix. It was quite fun to mix several of four blues on hand, which will remain SECRET. ha. Just for fun. The first layer, although quite … Continue reading
Viet-Nam 10 – Peace on Earth — I
It was a blast really, mixing up the Prussian Blue (my favorite blue next to Cobalt) and Mars Black, with a good smidge of Acrylic Glaze — and liberally painting infinity, space, in long and short ocean-like waves, then smoothing … Continue reading
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Hell on Earth – Finitti
http://www.amyjackson.cc/paintings/vietnamwar9.html It is with a huge sigh of relief that I finish this painting and write the narrative that accompanies it for now, which you can read at the link above. For you see it’s all cycling around, culminating and … Continue reading
Viet-Nam War 9 – Hell on Earth – Nearing Completion
I’m creating here the upper half’s background and layers of cloud detail. It is scary as can be. But then it works out okay. I kind of have to just dive into it, the painting, and hope for the best … Continue reading
Viet-Nam 9 – Circles – More
So now I stop painting for the day, having finished the lower sections more and completed more silver on the upper left area. There is an art deco style to the lower sections that reminds me of the camouflage of … Continue reading
Viet-Nam War 9 — Process Foto — Silver and Gold
Continuing to clarify here, with the additions of silver, gold, Titan Buff and Raw Umber. Why? because the Raw Umber adds the Earth as it comes from the Earth itself. The silver and gold remind me of the very real … Continue reading
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Viet-Nam War 9 – Process – Darkness and Light
This is a much clearer foot of the head of the cloud, and this afternoon I have painted the base of the cloud with a glazed Mars Black, a Cadmium Red streak splitting with the “atom” in the center of … Continue reading
Viet-Nam War 9 – Opportunity for Change
I stared for so long at the original atomic bomb foto. Finally I decided how to fill it in with meaning. First, the head of the mushroom cloud itself. To me, wars on Earth are a waste of resources that … Continue reading
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