Category: In Progress

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Painting in Progress, April 2011 Edition

I’ve been uploading photos of in-progress paintings to mlkshk.com 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.

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

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

How to Ruin Eleven Paintings

Simply get carried away and add too much white and blue at once! Oh well, it’s all part of the painting process.

Next step: Resurrection. And then another ruining likely. And so on and so on…

Some Abstracts in Progress

Here are some abstract paintings that have been in progress for a while.

The one on the right is looking pretty sweet. The one on the left is still battling against a bit of ‘teh mehz’.

Huge Triptych in Progress – Part 8

Huge Triptych in Progress – Part 6 or 7, I Guess

Added some additional differences between the middle and outer pieces. Added a weird blue deletion of the central head, ala the artwork for Iron Maiden’s “Can I Play with Madness”.

The situation becomes more complicated.

Recent Painting Progress

Painting progress keeps on and on. The darker pinks are influenced by looking too much at the great paintings of Philip Guston.

Set of Small Abstract Paintings #2

More progress on my five small abstracts:

Huge Triptych in Progress – Part 5

I’ve added some red and some pink. Red’s a fine color.

Still trying to figure out what to do with the background.

Huge Triptych in Progress – Part 4

Set of Small Abstract Paintings

Here are five very small abstract paintings in progress.

More Abstract Progress

My two abstract paintings are still progressing. Pay more attention to the one on the left, as the right one is still a bit weird. I’m thinking they’ll be done soon…