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Many of you may already know that I also blog my dreams, and now I have decided to combine my dream blog with my normal painting blog. The above image was taken from a dream I had where there was a piercing going right through the top of my nose. You can view [...]

So, as many of you know, I am a big star wars fan. Here is my attempt at a yoda doll. I made it for Jana for valentines day:) she was prety happy with it. 

Since i now have the major shapes defined, I now begin to clean up the edges as I begin to repaint everything in oil. I work primarily in mid tones, and still I am paying more attention to trying to capture the form of the objects I m painting rather than the exact correct [...]

Before I begin to paint the oil section of the painting, it’s important to have a clean surface on which to mix colors. I use a dinner tray for a pallette, and scrape off the old paint with a razor blade. 

my poor little size 8 flat sable. I go through at least one of these a month. 

I start off by blocking in large shapes, value, and color. I only use three colors (plus white) for all my paintings. Red, Yellow, and Blue. I do my underpainting in acrylics because they dry fast, and are easy to apply. I mix all my colors in a cookie pan. Believe it or not, I [...]

I’ve been working on a larger painting, so I thought I would give you the step by step as to how I paint. I know you’re not supposed to do this, but hey, some of you out there might be interested as to how I paint my larger pieces. Painting isn’t really that [...]

Biometric portrait