Monday, November 30, 2009

Aria's (and Sariah's) most recent painting

I finished this painting back in June and then, thanks to a certain then 15 month old adding her own creative touch, refinished it in July. For reference I used a snapshot taken by my friend Joseph Ostenson while serving his LDS (Mormon) mission in Italy. I supplemented the original photo with online references since the original picture was small and had some construction going on. This is the Milan cathedral and square in Milan.
This piece is gouache on illustration board. It was fun to become reacquainted with gouache although also frustrating to work with a medium so easily corrupted by creative little minds with paintbrushes and water. :)

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Retouched and Finished

Here's a snap shot in natural light of the newly retouched and finished "Success." This is the image I will use to print (taken by a professional photographer but color corrected by me).