Work In Progress

Still a work in progress. But as I move closer to finishing I decided to change the title.

I want a more abstract look but can’t figure out how to fix this. Is it color?

Many thanks for feedback on earlier version of this. I've made the cut outs smaller so they can articulate lines more easily. Also a 'burn through' effect using an art brush. Any thoughts, however fragmented, anyone? Thanks in advance.

Buon giorno. Avrei bisogno di un feedback e suggerimenti per migliorare la tecnica per un lavoro che sto facendo. Si tratta di un'illustrazione per una Light Novel. Ho provato a chiedere ala IA di arthelper ma è almeno da inizio Marzo che mi sta dando problemi. mi potete dare suggerimenti pratici che mi permettano anche di migiorare la tecnica?

I overlaid one of my Yin-Yang notebook pages over ink work, then cut out squares to reveal the ink work. Wotcher think?

I'm trying a new process of a color glaze first then a darker layer and subtracting the lights to show the color underneath. I have another layer to put on next to give it more detail. Hope to get it done this weekend. To be continued....

1) The first two I shared here a week or so ago and took in all of your advice! "Autumn Siren" and "Winter Radiance". The following two I started this week: 2) Desert/Untitled shows my first day and my second day a few days later. I was disturbed by the Juniper tree and the yucca seeming on the same plane and thus competing for the focus, so I moved the yucca way down below the canvas, greyed/blurred out the mountains a bit and worked more on the other plants. I'm not sure whether to draw the path out to the right or bring it down as I did in the first painting. I need to bring the darks back into the undershadows of the several yucca too, and add more detail to the prickly pears. Thoughts? Suggestions on how to improve this? 3) "Woodland Window" is the painting I had to the side to use up all of my unsued paint by the end of a session, using it to block in color on my next painting (part of my usual process I'm finding!) Both #1 and #2 are this step, although #1 shows more of the neon orange underpainting. I want to bring more of the warm, deeper colors back into the trunk, and I have a lot left to do on this painting....basically, haven't even begun to paint it in earnest! There will be blinding sunrays coming through the branches on the left in the end, and i will warm the painting up more like the 1st. All observations, reflections, suggestions, etc. welcome and valued!!!

I was working on the sculpture tonight and was working with the sunflowers inserts testing how they will look.

this wall sculpture will be getting some Osage Orange in the sunflower centers epoxy resin covering it and the road below will be getting epoxy also with real sand and gravel on it next. Then finish paint. This is called "Meandering Through the Prairie"

I think my memorial portrait of Ava is complete, but I haven’t signed it yet.

She was a good girl who loved tennis balls and keep rides!

These are my photo references.

Completed painting