Archive for In Progress

All These Locations

As I may or may not have mentioned before, it looks like I post more paintings in progress to http://mlkshk.com/user/mhectic than in the here. And that’s cool.

Coffee-Stain-Lookin-Paintin

Painting in Progress, April 2011 Edition

I’ve been uploading photos of in-progress paintings to http://mlkshk.com/user/mhectic lately, so the blog has been slacking a bit. But anyway, here’s a painting in progress this month:

Skeel Drawing of Skull

Heart Art 2011 Painting

Bustin’ out the paint this weekend after a lengthy hiatus. Here’s another post about a painting in progress. This time it’s for the AIGA Heart Art Auction 2011.

(Post is being updated as progress continues.)

  1. Part 1: The Underpainting

  2. Part 2: The Expensive Reddening

  3. Part 3: The Always Weird Iteration 3

  4. Part 4: The Wreckening

  5. Part 5: Goddamn Background Color

  6. Part 6: Some Outlining

  7. Part 7: Goddamnit The Paint Was Too Damn Watery

  8. Part 8: Ooh, Here’s Where I Try to Inject an Olde-Style Banner into the Situation

  9. Part 9: Added Some Higher-Contrast Color for Maximum Excellence

  10. Part 10: NOW We’re Talkin’, Etc.

  11. Part 11: WEIRD ORANGE ENHANCEMENT

  12. Part 12: Whoops

    Good God. I de-oranged the orange.

  13. Part 13: Additional Layer of Nonsense

  14. Part 14: Getting Closer

  15. Part 15: Trying Not To Ruin It, Part 1

  16. Part 16: Fixed the Background—Trying Not To Ruin It, Part 2

Moar Paintings

Watch Yourself

A collection of small acrylic paintings I’ve been working on lately. Of course they’re still in progress!

Bordo Bello Skateboard Paintings

Here are some iterations of my Bordo Bello skateboard paintings.

Huge Triptych in Progress – Part 9 – FINAL

This is done and DONE. And I’m pretty sure it still looks like this:

Abstract Painting Tutorial

  1. Start out with a pretty sweet base painting
  2. Fill in the edges
  3. Repeat
  4. Now that’s a fine looking painting you’ve got there