Friday, January 10, 2014

Unfinished Self-Portrait with Keith

I am working on a painting for the back cover of my Moleskine.  I figured it would be nice to finish it before I sent it off, but it is slow.  I am making my own acrylic paints with pigments from France my daughter brought me from her visit there.

First coat of paint:


Self-portrait with Keith
handmade acrylics
after one coat of paint
(not yet finished.)
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Second coat of paint:

Self-portrait with Keith
handmade acrylics
after two coats of paint
(not yet finished.)
Working at the dining room table:


We had more than a foot of snow and it was 11 below zero--I couldn't get to my "studio."  It's a little crowded and cluttered.  (Okay, it;s a LOT crowded and cluttered.)  The little vials are the dry pigments from France.

The photograph I am copying was taken December 28, 2013 by Harry Teichert at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House.  I hope to finish it soon and mail it off.

3 comments:

John said...

I do love these colors, great work. Keep warm.

Mary Stebbins Taitt said...

Thanks, John! I love the earth tones. I am hoping to try the pigments with watercolor, as well, when the gum Arabic I ordered arrives.

bluerose said...

made with homemade paints, how cool! looking forward to the finished piece.