trainstation #25 finished and open to order Prints !!!

 

Finished one!!!

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M.Ramos

"Looking West"

In addition to "The Betsy Threads", there is another much larger work being planned, also to be in colored inks - a vast panoramic landscape on a 15"x40" size primed board, with a figure on the right, by the shore, looking off to the left across a vast field of grains, beyond of which off in the distance is a chasm, the other side being higher, and on which spreads a developing cliff and beyond city - "Looking West"... and, like "The Betsy Threads", tho an obvious theme/title metaphoring, an appropriate one, especially at this time in American history.......... hopefully this will get done by July fourth, but in any case, that Revolutionary Spirit will be behind the both of them.........

Sailing Beyond the Sunset..........

It has been two years since this Society blog began..... and it sails on yet, seeking out new territories to explore, new ways of 'seeing' what to render, what to contemplate , what to enlarge on to be able to better create fine art thru pen and ink... and in this time of furthering, reflect on the progress of what has gone before, in part as a guide to going forward - how to newly look at the works to do, or how to newly explore the possibilities of expanding and variating works and themes once broached on - pushing the metaphoric boundaries to new understandings of the mindfulness of man, whichever the gender........

and perhaps most challenging yet important of all, recognizing that a visual artist is a 'spiritual visualizer', one who grasps that mindfulness, that reality-orientedness, that rational self-interest and relates it in integration to the rest - in the name of the best within you, so that you may live long and prosper......... flourishing as a human ought to, and needs to - in order to be, properly, human.........

What's next?

Having finished "Improvisation", one of the ideas in mind to do is a still life involving a folded worn flag, with several spools of thread on it, the fore ones being [of course] red, white, and blue...  and is to be in a long narrow 4"x24" piece of foam board...  it is to be theme/titled "The Betsy Threads"...  one of my more obvious ones, but still a good idea all the same...

and yes, this is to be in color........

"Improvisation" - 21

And it is essentially finished...  I may do some more tweaking later today, or not - but otherwise is done...

"Improvisation" - 20

The background wall is now as wanted, dark... now to get the values of the rest to match...

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For those interested, this is how am keeping 'on track' with doing the wood grain........

 And am almost there...  just 'pushing the values' a bit more and tightening up here and there - and be finished!

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Coming into the home stretch, am now on the crate slats... then detailing that, then adding the shadows, then pushing the values - and it will finally be completed...

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Making progress on texturing the meat, and hope to be getting to the wood under the plastic bag shortly, and get the light reflections looking more like correct...

By enlarging the photo, the details of how am making the texture becomes more visable...

Unicorn Continued

I wasn't sure how I was going to place her horn, so I took a thin piece of paper and placed it over my painting. This way, I would not draw and erase on the good hot press many times over, which would ruin the paper.

Since I now had her horn placed on her forehead, it was time to start the back ground. This is the first under layer of color but I had a problem. Using Derwent watercolor pencils makes it nigh on impossible to do large areas of color well.

Rarely do I put watercolor pencil to paper but in the case I would have too. So I used the side of the pencil and slowly did circular motions with various colors onto the hot press paper.

Then I very carefully... with a couple of small brushes, added the smallest amount water to the pigment. Using a circular motion again so I can create the Monet type background I was looking for.

The Icelandic Unicorn is coming along slowly. I have added the gold leaf ink on the horn but still have to do some highlights on it. Have starting working on her mane, trying to make it as free flowing as possible. Background is a bit brighter than it is in person due to the flash.

Just a shot of my Artist's desk with the latest painting on it, looking out to one of my horse pastures. In this photo, it is too hard to see my mini Mare laying down with the lambs. An inspiring and peaceful place to work.

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Added some more to the meat matter.........

One more piece on board!! - Stippling Art

One more to sell!!!
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"Improvisation" - 15

The canister is now done... so - on to the rest of the rendering, getting the bagged meat w/the wood of the crate seen thru the plastic....