Building Margaret a Home

Building Margaret a new home, here on the flat lands.

These are some of the sample colours and the composition I will be using in the painting.

Textures... Meet Colours

Having fun introducing my colour palette to some of the texture techniques.

I have recorded the process underneath each swatch and all info about this painting will be kept in this sketch pad.

Face to Face

Had fun doing this quick little face. Not finished it yet (obviously she's bald and has one eye bigger than the other), but you get the idea. Some of these techniques I may apply to Margaret's face on the Big Ass Blank Canvas. 

I enjoyed watching Tam Laport's Willowing video on how she paints faces. I even ordered her Fabulous Faces Art Workshop on video. I really enjoy many of the things she has to say... AND WOW can she sing.

Colour Palette

Have the colour pallet nailed down. Core colours on the left from top to bottom are: Cadmium Red Light, Raw Umber, Mustard, Turquoise now changed to Teal Cobalt, Light Green Permanent, and Green Oxide. On the right are those colours mixed with Titanium White. 

Off to do some colour mockups...

Textures From the Past

Thrilled that I have 5 entire days to work on the Big Ass Blank Canvas. I don't get a lot of time in blocks to concentrate on painting or the important preparation process that goes with it. I love the creative process as much as I love painting. 

I pulled out some texture experiments I did a while back. Checking out some of the techniques to see if they might be applied to this painting. Going to do try the techniques with my chosen colour palette and see how it looks. 

Incidentally, in this project I was using the letter forms from the font Cartier. Graphic Design, just can't get away from it. 

Positioning Margaret on the Big Ass Blank Canvas

Took a break from a freelance graphic design job and decided to actually move the Big Ass Blank Canvas from floor to easel. Wow some real progress!

Compositionally, Margaret needs to be smaller in order to get her arms in holding a chicken. Also she is going to be wearing traditional apron and skirts.

So a little more playing about and one more monkey to get off my back and I'll be ready to start in earnest. Happy the submission deadline is still a ways away.

Have any bananas?

The Garden Party

I went to a garden party 

and all my friends were there...

Colourized using CS5.5 Illustrator software.