A New Painting (in progress)

I just started this commissioned piece for Shelley and thought I’d post some progress images. I started off with a layout based on a couple of older paintings that Shelley liked.


After preparing the board with texture paste and painting it black, I started by blocking in the general colors.


Then I masked the areas that were going to get stripes. I used black fluid acrylic combined with heavy gel and knifed in the thin lines. I used a brush for the wider stripes.


Masks removed, revealing the stripes.


Then I continued glazing to get the colors a little closer. Here’s where it stands right now. More to come…