Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Prometheus - the human project III... I gave a go to a third one for that series!

Using my process for this series, I attempted a third painting...


... and again, very little Chinese black ink was retained at the final stage. For one thing, bodies are more complex than faces, and finding the path to simplification with the black ink is crucial. I'm after that old decayed photograph look...

Note: At some point in time, I felt compelled to let go with some spontaneous destructive color passages to support what I was trying to convey.

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