And its pretty Kick Ass (pun intended).  This was a really fun painting to do, kind of graphic novel style which I love and think I will do some more of.  Have a great weekend everybody...enjoy!

...or as much as I am going to work on it any more.  There are still some technical issues I catn figure out like why sometimes white and vandyke mix a lighter brown and other times I get a grey which I dont want.  Very odd, and irritating.  Hopefully I am proabaly the only one that it will annoy!
Thanks for browsing by!

Thanks to everyone who came out last Friday to the gallery on First Fridays, a nice turnout with good food and good fun.  Great to see some old friends too.  Take care everyone!!!

About halfway through...one more round I think. If I ever stop playing online I might get to it today!  Happy Sunday!

Calling it done...one more to go in the Herione series!

The very thoughtful entertainment editor of the Daily Progress send me a copy of last Friday's edition with "Fresh Ground" shown..in color too!  Thanks Jane!!
Please drop by the Gallery at 5th and Water to see the whole show or join us for the next First Fridays in May!!

Going well so far, but getting the right mix of paint and medium\turps to spread smoothly is a trial.  Its interesting...I find that taking a picture and then looking at your work is like stepping back from the canvas but in a more direct 2-D sense..you really see the mistakes!  Now to fix them...

Stared a new piece today and I want to try something; doing the whole painting in one value suchas vandyke or natural umber with little or no white used.  Highlights are created by leaving the canvas raw or by subtraction rather than addition.  Here is the first of possible four studies so far.

I think I will post a few shots of this as I go along for the process fun of it.  I might even leave this one unfinished...will have to see in couple more sittings.

As much as I really love a finished product, I cant help but enjoy the raw nature of the understudy.  Granted, the subject matter is comic book born and lends to a monotone rendering, but none the less it just looks cool in its starkness.