"Visions" - 3

a close-up on the stippling of the clear bottle and the colored ones...

"Visions" - 2

this and the next are stout bottles, the next being extra stout of course...

"Visions" - WIP

while still working on "Natural Extensions", am also beginning a smaller work which can be taken to the tea lounge or the Ale house to work on away from the apartment... 16"x20", Micron pen...

since is being stippled, will take its time, then when get one bottle down, back to the other work and more pods colored, then back to this... if go out, then when back will be on the other, so both see progress...

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close-up of pods, in progress... with one of the islets...

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essentially done for now - more refinement when the rest of the painting is done...

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red earth, sepia, raw umber... whitened cyan for windows...

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back to finishing this - layering in the building colors...

"Aggregates" - FINISHED

used sun orange for background....

 and added lemon yellow as second layer to shelf...

"Aggregates" - 7

"Aggregates" - 6

glazed bottom with burnt umber, glazing shelf with sepia, glazing tomatoes - right with red earth and emerald green, next with scarlet...

"Aggregates" - 5

second and third glazing - red earth to middle, Indian yellow - two layers to left rear, antelope brown to stems and fore...

"Aggregates" - 4

a bit of antelope brown to the fore squash, and raw sienna to the rear one...

"Aggregates" - 3

the grisaille of "Aggregates" is done...

"Aggregates" - 2

"Aggregates" - WIP

while am continuing with Natuural Extensions, am also beginning a smaller work, 15"x40", which can more readily be carried to such places as Kaleisia or Panera Bread to work on away from my apartment - a bit of public exposure as it were...

am using marine blue as the grisaille color for this...

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"Natural Extensions" - 5

"Natural Extensions" - 4

"Natural Extensions" - 3

flesh and raw sienna for the figure, plus payne's grey for the hair... sap green and light green for the grass, and diluted sepia for the flatstones...

"Natural Extensions" - 2