Me, again

A Study in Still Life Composition. Gamera Thumbnail Sketch on A4 paper with an orange pastel pencil. Dark sepia pastel pencil sketch on 18.5" x  25.75" Canson Mi-Teintes full paper.   Painting in the art deco clock, candle and shadows. Painting in the Panasonic radio.  Painting in the candle holder and yellow cloth. Lightly blocking in the Gamera green. Adding dark tones to the Gamera. Detailing in the "Gamera glow" to make him look like a homeless creature seeking warmth in the cold. Added a Katana into the mix. Detail Shots.

Mad Hatter in markers on corrasable typewriter paper. August 30. PPA Painting Gold 2 Session. 12"x 18" Strathmore. August 30. PPA Painting Gold 1 Session. 9"x12" Canson Mi-Teintes. August 28. Gossamer digitized. August 25. Playing with Procreate on the iPad. Shark! August 25. My rendition of Picasso’s 1953 Child Playing with Toy Truck painting in acrylic.  All done in freehand. 16”x 20”. August 24. Chiaroscuro Session with J. Legaspi. 12"x 18" Soft Pastel. August 22. Flowers from our Backstreet, 16”x 20” Acrylic. August 10. Urban Landscape 2. Watercolor & Oil Pastel on 16 1/2" x 12" WC paper. Aug 4. Happy Home, 16"x 20" acrylic on canvas. August 4. Scoob Pup, 16"x 20" acrylic abstract on canvas. August 2. PPA Hagod Pastel: Aquascape Challenge. 12" x 18" Strathmore Paper.  Mungyo Pastels. August 1.

  BG Chalk outline Brunaille Howling Dog painted in.

Furry Creature in Grass. Soft Pastel on 9"x 12" Royal Blue Canson Mi-Teintes paper. July 20. Bato Bato Challenge 5 Soft Pastel on 12”x 18" Strathmore Artagain paper. July 20. Walled City Challenge 5 Soft Pastel on 12”x 18" Strathmore Artagain paper. July 17. Art Again, Watercolor. July 13. Howling Dog, 16" x 20" Acrylic on Canvas. July 12. Urban Landscape Workshop. Watercolor & Oil Pastel on 15 1/2" x 12" WC paper. July 10. Be Kind Poster in Acrylic. 16"x 20" canvas. July 8.  Chelsea’s Friend’s Pooch. 12”x8” Watercolor. July 6.

 This is a commissioned portrait of my Theresian classmate and childhood friend Reena's son Vince, wife Billie and baby daughter Charlie done on a 14" x 18" canvas with removable frame, ready for hanging. This is going to be her third painting from me. Chalk mapping with only 2 grid lines. Painting the sky light blue. Adding a tree trunk. Adding some palm leaves and more branches. Improving the branches and leaves. Brunailling the figures. Started painting Vince's face. Added adjustments on the face. Painted in the mother's face. Painted in baby Charlie. Made some adjustments to the clothing. Did the suit and some more. Adjusted Vince's face and Billie's top. Adjusted the baby's face. Final Artwork! Done! Last minute alterations. Softened the baby's face. Tapered Billie's dress.

  A pencil sketch of a bird perched on a branch. Some BG wash of light purple leaving light blurred flowers on top. Some pink flower buds and leaves. Yellow bird painted in. With a few more tweaks, I consider this done! Another one in the can- ary!