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[brownblackandwhite]

Faminz and Talia ... thanks for your comments ... I appreciate it.

Ali ... as you can see my practice pieces often change once I start on the real thing. Sometimes, I wonder why I bother with a practice piece. I guess it validates what I will not do.

I thought I would use violet as my base colour. I am combining my favourite colour blue with your favourite colour.

I hope to make it pop by creating a value shift with the background. I was listening to CSN recently and their song Black Star inspired me ... made me think of this as black star. So I may go real dark with the cross and use dark values for contrast with the background. I am starting to see the cross as a talisman.

Lynette ... you really make me laugh ... good one ... I deserved that.
I get frustrated sometimes with my self-inflicted slow progress.
If you will pardon the pun ... my progress to date has been real Grimm.
But I hope to have a happy ending.

Richard

[brownblackandwhite]

My goodness, the way things are progressing I think I can see the finish line.

I am at the tweaking stage now.
I need to work the vertical part of the cross.
Then I will go over the entire cross with blender and some eraser to soften some edges.

Thanks for looking
Richard

[douglass]

still looking amazing..I am so glad you have gone back to this one!

[KarenESP]

It's a great piece, love the colors and the style.. unusual yet memorable.

[bib]

Great piece! Wonderful colors and interesting, unusual theme.

[kittymeow]

Oh my, this is stunning. Loving all that purple - and the reflections in the centre of the cross give the piece so much depth.

You have done an excellent job!!

[LLKrueger]

Richard,

This painting is really awesome. The colors are so eye catching and work together so well, I can almost feel the paint chipping off the wall, and the cross is so three-dimensional. I absolutely love this piece; it looks so old and clearly has a lot of history. The stories it could tell ......

Great job!

Linda

[brownblackandwhite]

Lynette ... thanks for following my progress ... slow as it may be, I shall finish.
I will not start something else until this is done.
I don't know if you have heard of Victor Borge ... classically trained pianist but also comedian ... and he was notorious for starting to play some beautiful music, but he never finished ... he always interrupted the performance to tell a story.
I think this has been my Victor Borge project ... I have been too distracted with other things to finish this in a timely fashion ... but I am on it now.

Karen ... your comment about my style made me think ... because I am not sure what my style is ... I honestly think this may make an interesting topic ... what is style and what is technique and what is the difference.

Angela and Jess and Linda ... thanks ... I like to create texture and these are my favourite colours ... so this is right up my alley.

So what have I done recently.
I like to think of this process as lifting sheets of acetate off the drawing.
And as you lift each individual sheet off the drawing, the image becomes sharper and more detailed.

I am happy with the horizontal part of the cross ... I really like the effect of white paper and violet and lavender and non-photo blue.
I only wish I had a chance to rework the vertical part of the cross ... but such is the price of working with this medium ... there is little room for error. Once you lay down a colour you are committed.
However, that is all part of learning.
And I have learned a lot working on this image.

I think my next post will be my last post for this project.

Thanks for looking
Richard

[talia_sparkle]

Richard, I am stunned by the vibrance and richness of this piece. Brilliant work.

[brownblackandwhite]

Well, I think we can call Deco Decay finished.
I would like to thank everyone for following my progress ... slow and sporadic as it has been.
And as always, thanks for your feedback.
Richard

[lizzydo]

So beautiful!

[douglass]

I am so glad you finished this one! the rust and peeling paint is absolutely amazing, and the complimentary colours just make this whole thing work!
Fantastic job!