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Garden Solace

Eh? I don’t see any change. Has Damon been sleeping all day?

No. Actually, I’ve gone back and put the final detail in the blouse. If you compare this to Step 6, you’ll see that I actually adjusted the color slightly (it’s a little more blue), as well as adding all the gravy and trimmings (frog clasps, embroidery, etc.). As you can see, the amount of work I had to do does not amount to much more than polishing after I get a good chop in place. This is a pretty good example of how this approach to building up a painting in stages, as opposed to putting all the finished detail down all at once, can lighten your load.

Garden Solace, by Damon-A. H. Denys
It also gives you a chance to go see a matinee of a pirate movie, which is nice too. Arrrgh…

But first, I’m including an educational bonus. I’ve included a photo of my working palette at this point, complete with labels. Fascinating. The flesh colors in reserve may very well dry out while sitting there, but it will be easy to use them as a reference for the purpose of remixing them to finish the flesh areas. This saves a lot of time over remixing them with no reference at all.

Garden Solace, by Damon-A. H. Denys

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About Bryan Larsen ~

Bryan Larsen

"I was born on February 12, 1975, and have been drawing as long as I can remember. By the time I was in high school, I knew I wanted to be an artist, although at the time I didn't have a clear idea of how exactly I would use my talents to make a living.

"As I continued studying art, I began to suspect that fine visual art was dead. No one seemed interested in teaching students how to draw well, or paint well. More often than not, my own skills exceeded those of my instructors.

"The only field left that seemed to require good drawing, painting, and compositional skills was illustration, and therefore I began studying illustration at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. I became even more convinced that I had made the right decision in staying away from fine art as I endured course after course of required "drawing" and "painting" classes in which instructors required me to draw with "less focus", or use ridiculous materials such as shellac, glue, sand, salt, etc.

"My second year at Utah State, I met Damon Denys. In discussing Art with him I realized that there were other people who believed that technique and subject matter were indispensable components of any work of art. I then decided that I would work to develop my own painting skills with the purpose of creating artwork that I considered worthy of being called Fine Art.

"Since that time, I have studied on my own: Drawing from live models to learn the human form, studying proper painting techniques from any source I could find ample reason to trust, and developing a philosophy of Art based on reason, and life on earth.

"My goal is to portray the heroic and romantic in human nature and human achievement in a realistic style and a modern setting. I place particular emphasis on composition, technique, realistic detail, proper craftsmanship and consistency of style."