Monday, November 19, 2012

Deep One

I have been getting my hands dirty again with some actual real life traditional painting! Leading up to Illuxcon V I made the time to work traditionally again and I believe it was an extremely good use of that time. The Deep One piece that I completed for the Lovecraft Creature Lab ArtOrder challenge was on my list of pieces I wanted to complete traditionally from the beginning. Here is how it turned out...

Deep One
© 2012 Christopher Burdett

This was completed in acrylic and measures 9x12. The one consistent with traditional painting that I have found is that it looks WAY better in person. It therefor is not surprising to not be completely happy with the how my images turned out for this piece. But they are close enough to get the point across.

After completing my first two traditional pieces at the beginning of the year I hit a set back which wrecked my confidence with working in paint. It took a while, but I got back on the horse and I am very pleased with how this piece turned out. This piece was intended to be a gift from the beginning and I needed to have it ready to take with me to Illuxcon, which really helped get me motivated and working. Over the years Lar Grant-West has been extremely generous with his time, advice, help, and paintings, so it was the least I could do to show my appreciation by make this for him. I still need to get him a dead armadillo though...

Here was my last looks at the painting at Illuxcon before it went off to its new home...

Deep One hanging out and rubbing elbows with other paintings at Illuxcon. RAWR!

That is all for another Monday on the blog, see you back here on Wednesday for MORE traditional work! Until then...

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7 comments:

  1. Dave KapahNovember 19, 2012 at 9:41 AM

    it looks so cool and even cooler withe frame :)

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    1. Christopher BurdettNovember 19, 2012 at 10:12 AM

      Thanks! Yeah, funny how slapping a frame on something immediately finishes it off and makes it look nicer. The varnish I added after getting my images of it also makes it look a lot nicer too.

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    2. Dave KapahNovember 19, 2012 at 11:50 AM

      yeah i guess it does

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  2. AaronNovember 19, 2012 at 10:07 AM

    It looks awesome. After getting back from Illuxcon I've been inspired to give Oil another shot. It is the one medium I have always shied away from.

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    1. Christopher BurdettNovember 19, 2012 at 10:13 AM

      Thanks! Illuxcon has a way of doing that! Good luck with the oils!

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  3. mikeburns@mikeburnsart.comNovember 19, 2012 at 4:02 PM

    I was excited to see this guy at your table. I definitely look forward to seeing more traditional stuff from you :) It was great talking to you again this year!

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    1. Christopher BurdettNovember 19, 2012 at 4:08 PM

      Thanks, Mike! Appreciated. Great talking to you again as well! Thanks again for the playing cards! :)

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