For Day 5, I started off with a very bright orange and a very bright pink.
I gessoed in two figures, whom I intended to be Napoleon and Josephine. Given the French connection, I stenciled on some fleur de liseseses. (That is totally the plural of fleur de lis. Don't play like it isn't.)
Oh grumpy Napoleon, don't be sad. You will soon be wearing your emperor's new clothes.
Okay, so grumpy Napoleon wasn't sad about his clothes; he was sad about his queen being in love with another man. And I can't help history. What I could help was the upper right corner, with which I became completely obsessed.
It needed something. It needed . . . white? I felt it did. I started splattering white paint into the upper corner, but it wasn't enough. Maybe I needed to add another fleur de lis. So I did. One thousand six hundred and forty two tiny changes later, I was finished.
And I was happy.
Awwww....he does look sad. Such a cutie. I just want to twist his little ear.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, I like his little ear, too! Hee hee! Thank you so much for commenting! I really appreciate it! :D
DeleteI love your story telling with each step by step :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Anita!
DeleteThis pair is fantastic! I love his sour little face.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sal! His face makes me 85 kinds of happy. :D
DeleteYou are amazing, Ann!! Love your art and your story telling!
ReplyDeleteAww! Thank you so much, Beth! You are a lovely soul! <3
DeleteFANTASTIC. Seriously. Such personality. Such whimsy (say that in the weird alien way that Paul F Tompkins says it. Wait, I might have to send you some Paul F. Tompkins audio.) Where was I?
ReplyDeleteHoly crap, this is such a great painting! The costumes, the faces, the CUTE EAR. I can't believe you did five (relatively) HUGE ones. Do a couple ATC size! There is no size parameter for this thing!
YAY! Thank you so much! :D :D :D I probably will have to shrink it down eventually, but at the moment, I'm enjoying the challenge of going hugenormous.
DeleteI love Napoleon's costume - so much detail! I really love the upper right corner now. So fantastic.
ReplyDeleteI am suddenly filled with the need to send you some 3 x 3 canvases.
Hahahahaha! Clearly, I need some 3x3s! Or even 4x4s!
DeleteI am so glad you love the upper right corner! It was bugging the hell out of me, but I painted it into submission. Rawr.
These are great! I wish I had time to peruse more of work of the other artists in this challenge, but am glad I stopped over here! I love seeing the work in progress too.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Vicky! I am delighted you stopped by! I confess I have been visiting fewer blogs with each passing day, but I'm thrilled to have found you! Your work is fantastic!
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ReplyDeleteAll your canvases are wonderfull!! I think its funny (and daunting!) that you have the 30 Canvases in 30 Days and 50 canvases in 2014 going at the same time, youve got 30 crammed into one month and 11 more months to space out 20, I get tired just thinking about it! But as soon as i can get the supplies, I'll be joining you (a little late, but fashionably :p) Ooo! I popped over to your shop and absolutly fell in LOVE with your mini Supernatural dolls!! Its my favorite show, I even got a Supernatural tat!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Berra! And I agree - it is kind of hilarious that I'm cramming all of this in at the front end, then pacing myself like a champ for the rest of the year. I figure maybe it's like boot camp, followed by weekly training runs? Or something??? ;)
DeleteOooh! Supernatural tat! So freaking awesome! What did you get?
I got the anti- demonic possession symbol like the boys have on their chests, their yummy, muscely chests.... haha boot camp, yeah thats exactly what it sounds like!!
DeleteI love this one! I adore her little rosy cheeks and her cheeky cleavage. <3!!!!
ReplyDeleteLove, Laurie.