MOON BOOTS, 2019

Moon boots, 2019
oil on canvas
45 x 35.5 cm.

KNITTERS to completion

Added a cadmium red med semi-transparent glaze (in better light the underpainting shines through a bit more, as planned):

Some improvised decoration and we are done. Off to the drying room for a week or so until time to varnish. Still needs a title!

Update

This is an object (also abject) lesson in patience a.k.a. not adding a layer of paint until the one beneath it has dried properly so that it doesn't pick up the pigments and screw up the the transparency and tonality of the new layer. Oops.

A rescue mission was launched.

Also have to really make sure that the back toes of the back foot curve away from the edge of the canvas so as to avoid the creation of impression that the composition is jammed into the right edge.

Friday night: 2 beers and some nice light

I think that one's finished.

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Getting some new pieces up and running..

It feels so good to have the house smelling of linseed oil again.. :)