Todd Carignan
 i'm trying to alter a wax seal. My plans are to not only add depth to the skull, but to eradicate the cross bones. I will use a Dremel and epoxy putty to alter it.
 I am still having a lot of problems with watercolor painting. I'll keep practicing.  Airy's current work in progress.
If I were to try and save this one, I would use white gouache and eliminate the 3 avocados on the left. Even then, it would not be great.  The stamen needs to be adjusted and shadows were not completed.   This is too overworked.  I like the looseness of this one.
I need some additional hardware, so I'll return to finishing this soon.    Photo by Mark    I decided to cool the surface and strengthen the shadows. Did I improve it?  Mark's tribute to artist by making a stencil.
I started en plein air group to help get artists out of the house and into the parks. This week we met in the Mission Community Gardens. I am currently struggling to paint looser with watercolor and have been practicing a lot. I'm not happy with my finished paintings but I DO enjoy sitting outside and staring at flowers.   I still need to add the shadows underneath.  Mark's pressed flower experiment
I thought I would try using an ink outline, but realized that I do not care for that kind of style. It pushes things into an illustrative or cartoon world. I also struggled with remembering to keep certain areas unpainted for highlights. Here I tried to scrub away some of the paint, which resulted in damaged paper.   My friend Airy and I find these flowers so ridiculously ostentatious that we cannot stop laughing at them. They are pink ostriches flaunting for an intricate and complicated mating dance. Their unabashed color borders on vulgarity. :-)   I have very limited experience painting flowers or other plants, so thought I would give it shot. I'm not happy with the results, but the nowness I experienced was splendid.    |
AUTHORTerrance Graven is a San Francisco artist whose installations incorporate sculptural elements, performance art, costumes, sound pieces, and theatrical lighting. CATEGORIES
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