Gotta start finishing up that rock wall...

OK... the new guy is in place, just starting to ascend... ready to be painted...

A drawing for the replacement guy, center right...

I think I'm going to change that little guy in the center with his arms outspread... Have some ideas for him...

So what does a grapefruit and an orange have to do with the "Irreverant Rapture?" Just testing some glazing mediums...

Been away from it for a couple days... Got back on it today. Still working on the block'a rocks...

A detail on the subterrainean rock block... It's not done yet. Still have some over glazing to do. Also plan on adding the color for the internal furnace/fire between the blocks of rock.

Moving ahead with the subterranean rock block... It appears darker in this image than it will be in the final version....

A study of the subterranean rock block that has pushed to the surface.




A drawing detail...

Doing some rock studies before tackling the big subterranean rock that has pushed up to the surface, destroying part of a building.

Over the President's Day holiday, I've had several days to work on it... but more than half of it is still unfinished underpainting.

Working on the little people. The red arrow in the full picture points to the little guy in the detail...

 

Been working on some of the ascending characters... some details

 

I postponed the juggler and did the guitar player first...

Today is not only my birthday, it's also my youngest daughter's BD. 15 years old... WOW! Up at 5:30am to get a BD breakfast together before off to school. Didn't get a lot of sleep last night 'cause she is also going through mid-term exam week. Being first year high school, this is her first cramming experience.

Got a BD call from my older daughter early this morning, who also did not get much sleep. She runs the publicity photo department for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. They announced the Academy Awards nominations this morning, so all the Academy employees involved had to report last evening at 5:30. Once in the building, the place was locked down, all cell phones were taken away and the Internet was turned off until after the announcement. The lock down happens, because they all learn who the nominees are ahead of time so they can get a jump start on their jobs... which keeps them up all night.

So... it's my BD and I've decided to take the day off from my illustration work and just paint...

Going to start working on the juggler. I did a quick sketch to get a better sense of him...

another detail on the background landscape



...and a detail of the detail

I haven't had a lot of time to work on the painting in the last couple weeks. I've got a couple days now.

Started using a new medium. I was using Liquin Fine Detail, but have started to use Studio Products Marogers Medium and am quite taken with it. It certainly is different from anything I've tried before and apparently has a reputation that can only be described as "ya love it" or "ya hate it." I've been encouraged to use it by some and called a moron for using it by others... I'm going to continue using it for the time being.

Another detail:



...and a detail of the detail...

Another detail - upper left



Working on a large picture with several more or less discrete areas has an advantage. I can move around to different areas from day to day. In that way I keep working on it while the just painted areas dry.

I'm going to start showing some details. There is not nearly finished painting in this detail... but since the picture is so large, I think details are important.