workin on the hill by allisonbender
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This step will probably appear boring to most... As I don't have a refference for the hill , other than my line drawing , i decided to let it paint itself, While I look at your postings.
In a way I'm not kidding, It's comprised of two glazes, the first was last night, first I coat the area with my cheap painting medium with an extra amount of japan drier allowing it to set for a 1/2 hour or so, then mixed up some mars black, yellow ochre , raw umber, van dyke brown and a touch thalo blue (by the way this is the exact same pallette used for the sky, with the exception of titanium white for clouds), anywy after its sat awhile I then use a saturated brush, medium and turpentine mixed with the mentioned mix of colors ,using suggestive brushstrokes I begin to basically stab and sweep at the canvas ,letting the paint run naturally, its a very quick process , 5 minutes, the 2 different mediums drying and running at different rates cause an unpredictable effect as found in the world around us, I then did the same thing today, only with more yellow ochre added to put some green in it and to create more variety .
So now I'm beginning to see some things in here that I can build on pulling the lights and pushing the darks .
This is a very large area probably 30 square inches, and if I was to start painting it conventionally it would get repetitious and boring (ever stare at something and see something unintended? thats what I'm looking for art fom within us, not allways deliberate but discovered)
Anyway thanks for looking And your kind words thus far, Hope I don't bore you with this work in progress !!!!
tom
p.s. I had too take this outside and shoot it at an angle , because of the wet shine, so that should explain the color dif.
Comments (27)
shadownet
Coming along nicely. Is that a skull I see in the hill deliberate or just a Rorschach effect?
allisonbender
Shadownet, It is deliberate < it's the only planned part of this hill ! From the word Golgatha (translated it means the skull, thats what they called the hill where Christ was crucified) tom
chudo121
rock on dude, rock on (; sorry cannot give more after the booze :D
Faemike55
Great work and no, I am not bored! this medium has always fascinated me and I wish to learn - what better way? Keep on doing this, please?
mel841
Awesome!!!!
bmac62
Fascinating. Wish my father was still around to follow you through on this. He worked in pen and ink, charcoal, pastels and water colors. He would say he never graduated to oils. He had a great sense for color and successfully designed wallpaper. Rather than going forward into oils...he took up photography and worked in that medium for more than 80 years. So, I find myself sort of standing in for him...observing your technique in his stead. I'm enjoying it all.
ARTWITHIN
I'm enjoying this wip. It is so interesting to follow your process and painting. Thanks so much for doing this for us, Tom.
phil01
superb,magnific work
allisonbender
By the way Shadownet, i just reread my post /reply and realized I mispelelled Golgotha ( got it right this tme ) tom
rudiruth
great pleasure watching you tom! :) ruth
vintorix
This unfolds like a detective story!
groegnitram
so nice to watch the progress on this and to read your commetary, this is quite exciting :) thanks for sharing!!
BLUESTONE
This is awesome!
Savage_dragon
Golgotha was the first thing that came to mind. You sure can't miss that skull. You know I've already dubbed this 'The Spear'. Now you got me looking forward to each post. Thanks for sharing with us! ")
ragouc
very interesting.
tryky5carla
A new fascinating work ! Gorgeous work in progress !!!!
thecytron
Interesting so far!
promiselamb
Bravo!!!
miwi
It is very interesting to follow your process and painting,klasse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
delaorden_ojeda
it is a very fascinating work, I think it is not easy to make, excelent work !
Jollyself
excellent commentary on the process...Many will appreciate your efforts there. As for the work itself...I like the body language exhibited by lead actor ...and the sky looks very dramatic so far.
virginiese
nice work ! Hope to see the outcome !
JOEANOMALY
Excellent progression...explaination!!!!!
adrie
Very interesting so far....love it.
KaToFel
Its interesting to see how you work. Step by step...
violet
Not a bore at all.....love to see how you are building up your artwork....wonderful to see....!!!
NoobasaurUS
Tom you keep outdoing yourself!!!!(which I imagine isn't easy) The sky looks super intense! The hill/mountain terrain looks fantastic as well. Characters are coming along nicely and your wonderfully detailed description of your process is sheer kindness and generosity. I willl never be bored with your work... I love what you do and how you do it......and your beautiful heart....All the best!!!! Rob