Category Archives: Streethearts

Remember on Day One when I said all of that about priming the wood and spray painting it with a bunch of color? I ripped away at the edges of the painting to reveal that hidden layer. The ripping is … Continue reading →

Here’s the final acrylic painting with both figures painted in. This is the biggest representational acrylic I’ve done and I’m pretty proud of the work I did here, if I may so humbly say. Can you believe the next step … Continue reading →

The skin and the face for the figure on the right are done by this point. I layered up daubs of paint until I felt it was satisfactory. I did her face last, as the facial features need to be … Continue reading →

The underpainting continues here. Now I’m blocking in shapes within the figures, getting the shadows and light sources represented. I tend to start with flesh and faces before I get to clothing and hair, by the nature of the way … Continue reading →

I work in a lot of layers with acrylics, and the underpainting is one of the most important layers as it sets the tone for the whole piece. I’ll spread one color real thin with a palette knife. This piece … Continue reading →

I’m working with acrylics for this painting, so I’m working from back to front, from dark to light. Acrylics are opaque, so that’s the best way to work with them. I came at the background with a palette knife and … Continue reading →

By popular request, I thought I’d share with y’all my current process with my paintings. There’s a few steps I neglected to document before getting to this point, but they’re not too exciting visually. First, I found a big piece … Continue reading →