Christ Healing

Added some detail aroung the faces. Next time I need to change the highlight on the back of the man's head to a color that contrasts with the light.

I bought some new oil paint that I had to try out everywhere. Here I added Gamblin Radiant Blue to the shoulder. Just had to!

I really want to finish one of these pictures! This one is the most promising. Tonight I worked on Christ's face - a challenge!!! How do you show that much love?

I added more details to the fabric and hair. Then I added some green to the background right by Christ's face to make the pink on his profile sizzle. I also put brown between his fingers. Do you just see 4 fingers here? Ahhh!!! And I thought I was finished...

4 fingers!!! I'll add a better version of the final when the light is right.

Done!!!

Anyone want to buy it?

...Not done. I lightened the shadow on the left.

Christ, Mary and Martha

I scratched on some color, more detail in highlights and just a few shadows on the figures. Then I blurred it all with a big clean brush.

Today I added a bit of detail to Mary and some darker darks around her and Martha. It doesn't take much!

Worked on Christ's robe and a bit of the 2 women. As I look at this, I see a small fire burniing on the floor behind Christ.

Disaster: So, I wanted to use this painting, so I finished it. Some parts were shiny and some dull (from using medium with my paint sometimes), so I sprayed it, while wet, with re-touch varnish. So that dust would not accumulate as much, I sat the painting on it's side. (Yes, that was dumb!)

All the new paint ran down in rivulets!!!!!!!!!!

Luckily, I saw it and wiped it off. But now, there are very shiny and very dull spots and the painting is not done. Obviously, I did not get to display this painting in public! Still working on it...

I had to photograph this sidways in a shadowy place, so you can see the painting without glare. Sorry.

I worked and re-worked the faces of the women and NOW, they look like sisters. I stopped looking at the photo, and painted what I wanted. I'm really starting to like them more. It was probably a good thing that the paint ran and I had to wipe them off - right?

The women had to come out more in the dark. But this photo has more contrast than the actual painting. Still working on it...

Christ and the Nets

I think this is my favorite of the series. It has drama. I added orange highlights for more drama.

I added more white and a bit of brown detail on the face.

I got some new paint tubes and had to try them out on everything I could find. I added Gamblin Radiant Blue and a bit of Gamblin Naples Yellow Hue. WOW! Those paints are so much denser than anything I've ever used. I think I'll stick with expensive brands from now on!!!
Can you see the little spots of Naples Yellow hiding in there? Adding yellow to sky is a secret way to make it glow.

Added a few details, especially on the fishermen.

Added more dark browns to the men, and whites to Christ's robe, which started scaring me, so I stopped.

I want to finish this!

I added a few more details to the man on the right. Can you find them?

Two different shots of the same stage of the picture. You can see how lighting affects what you are perceiving! The BIG change is that I glazed the whole Christ with orange. It was so scary to do it and then I got super busy and, well, now he's orange. I hope I like it. Do you?

I balanced it by adding more oranges.