8"X8" oil on masonite
Here's a commission that I've just finished and am really happy with. I'm liking how all the brush strokes are visible and it's just the right amount of chunky without getting blocky or cartoony. This turned out to be my second run at this painting- The first attempt was more of a 3/4 view and the proportions weren't what I was looking for. I also blasted too much phthalo green in the background, mixed with titanium white, and you know what that looks like. So I tried to go with the addition of some alizarin crimson, (which when it's mixed with pure phthalo green gives a really good black, thanks Gary Smith) to grey up the Christmas green that I had just made, but then it all just mudded out on me, which is really frustrating. The first painting that I attempted of Sheba is alright- But more of a sketch of a painting than a finished piece- And not something that I would feel comfortable as the final- More of like a dress rehearsal, if you get my drift...
