Spilling the Tea

Tea set in progress. I just put in the blue detail which I will now push back by glazing over it and then coming back with more subtle details.

Delicacy of Line

In parallel with working on my tea set still life, I am using graphite and compressed charcoal to practice my line with a still life drawing each day on toned paper. I am concentrating on pressure (to create value gradations) as well as hatching and cross hatching to create volumes.

New Skyscape In Progress

This is a 24 x 24" Skyscape in progress. Put in the distemper layers now starting with veils of oil.