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    ntl
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        I’ve pretty well finished my TIKI for the Art and Culture class, last meeting in a few days. Then all paintings, 2 each x maybe 10 painters will be on display/sale in the local library.  I’m posting this painting,  too, since I asked about using gesso in the “Acrylic titanium white vs gesso” thread, and needed extra white for both the Crucifixion and this Tiki.

        Here, the sky had a gesso base with blues and clouds which were overpainted with gesso again, working toward a sky that I could be okay with. The yellow got a thin layer of the white, too. Maybe it needs a bit more…crits and comments welcomed. Thanks for looking, and the suggestions re the gesso and the white paint.

         

         

         

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        Very nice weathered wood effect on the subject. The yellow toned part of the sky, island and sea background look a little underbaked in comparison. I like the blue of the sky, and the interesting cloud effects.

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        Looks good!

         

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        John humber
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            I contributed to your earlier post and spoke of using gesso with graphite. Now I understand better what you were asking in that post I’d suggest the use of acrylic glazing medium. I use it a lot for exactly the purpose you have used the gesso here—to manipulate sky colouring. In fact I just use it a lot.

            I seem to recall that cost was a factor for you and this would mean buying another product but it does give more freedom in that I can build up layer upon layer of glazes without the chalkiness that could result from similar use of gesso.

            I think I’m in agreement with Colin on this one; the background and other elements have an unresolved feel compared to the figure itself which is nicely done. Perhaps some sense of shadow at the bottom would make it sit on the ground more solidly and using a (green) glaze in the manner I describe above would help to overcome the slightly cut-out feel of the grass around the bottom of the figure.

            PLEASE how do I make these dreadful yellow things go away? OMG there's even more of the awful things now.

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            ntl
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                Thanks, All. Both paintings are now on display–along with all the others–in the local library. I agree with your comments about the background, it really does look unfinished. I had done the best I could at the time. Even adding a second layer of gesso on the yellow sky, or a lavender glaze on  it, seemed to “risky” for me in the available time. I did try to add shadows in the grass for the tiki, probably not as effectively as I would have liked. My lack of experience with acrylic and the small amount of time I had kept me from more adjusting. If it isn’t sold, I may work more on it.

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                John humber
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                    I did try to add shadows in the grass for the tiki,

                    I can see that that shadow would be something of a problem. A glaze would go some way to resolving it I think. A dark, thin glaze brushed very carefully around the base would give the look af a shadow without overpainting the detail of the grass itself. I would probably use Paynes Grey for this. Some like it, some don’t; I find it very useful when used as a glaze.

                    PLEASE how do I make these dreadful yellow things go away? OMG there's even more of the awful things now.

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                    ntl
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                        John, thanks for your further input re the shadow.

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