Big Owl

I'm finished on this one and going back to add some detail to the New Order. 

Big Owl

Another painting in my Neil Gaiman American Gods series, Big Owl is a malicious and dangerous giant often used as a "bogeyman" in children's stories. In some Apache tribes, Big Owl also plays a more important mythological role as an early adversary of the War Twins. Like other legendary Apache beings, Big Owl is sometimes described as having human form (in this case a man-eating ogre) and other times animal form (in this case a horned owl large enough to carry off a child.)

To see the final few steps read on after the break.

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New Oil Painting Work in Progress: Owl 6

  I've been doing more thinking and watching paint dry than painting lately. I have made a little more progress and here is where I am right now. 

After my last post I applied a thin glaze of blue to the background and the clothing.

Here I darkened the clothing even more so I could add more color on top and create more contrast.

Intensifying the color and contrast everywhere. Still not sure about the background. I need to either go with the impressionistic brush stokes everywhere or nowhere. 

Here I'm adding some color over the dark clothing. Time to do some more thinking now.

New Oil Painting Work in Progress: Owl 5

The process is slowing down a little now that I am going to more stand oil in my medium mix.

Here is the painting as it sits on my easel today.

Yesterday I worked on the shadow areas of the clothing still using impressionistic brush strokes and then today I glazed the background and clothing with my stand oil and turpentine mixture with a tint of  Ultramarine Blue added in as a glaze. Then in the top image I added more detail to the head to make it stand out a little more. I think I need to add some more color to his robe but I'm debating about that as it dries.

New Oil Painting Work in Progress: Owl 4

Getting into the impressionist brush strokes now. 

To see the step by step photos to get to this point read on after the break.

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New Oil Painting Work in Progress: Owl 3

I made a lot of progress today. I switched to Stand Oil and turpentine for my medium today

To see the step by step photos of my progress read on after the break.

New Oil Painting Work in Progress: Owl 2

Now that I got started on this painting, it's coming along nicely. I guess the hard part is always putting that first brush full of paint to the canvas and then it just takes off in its own direction.

Here is the painting as I am looking at it right now.

There have been some major composition changes already, 

to see the step by step photos read on after the break.

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Wolfie

Another painting done! I put Wolfie up on my website this morning and he is available for adoption as a Fine Art print. I think he goes splendidly with my Modern Coyote painting.

Wolfie

 

 

Now I need to get to work on my Rider of the Purple Sage painting.

Wolfie Work in Progress 2

I've been staring at this painting for quite a while now and today I decided to do some

 more work on it. I'm painting in an impasto impressionist style with bright acrylic colors 

and now I like where it's going.

Here is the painting as it sits on my easel right now.

To see the progress from my last post read on after the break. 

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Gallery showing and new Painting

I just had two of my art pieces selected for the opening of the Nevada Fine Arts Gallery. For their opening they are doing a fundraiser for the Nevada Humane Society

 and I couldn't be happier to participate.

They selected my "Modern Coyote" painting and my "Iroquois Creation Story" digital art piece.

The show runs for all of March and there is a pet adoption day on March 25.

 If you live in the area please check it out.

I haven't done another painting in the Native American Gods series so I decided to do a Wolf since the local college is the Wolf Pack and "Wolfie" is their mascot. I liked Neil Gaiman's book "American Gods" where the Gods have jobs and live along with regular people and have powers depending on how much people still believe in them. The Wolf is also legend in Native American culture and I think it would be interesting to put him in a modern setting.

Here is my painting as it sits on my easel.

To see my step by step progress to reach this point read on after the break.

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