Thursday, September 2, 2010

Anatomy of a Painting--Black Devil

Sketch
Under Painting
Base coating
Development of shapes
Glazing
Color development
Outlines
Additional elements
Glazing

"Black Devil"
Acrylic
20x16"

2 comments:

3 Peeps Designs said...

Cool!!! I love the layers you've shown of your paintings.

Susan Calvert said...

Thank you for your compliment.

Shucks, I forgot to give you the recipe for the "Black Devil" cocktail.

Ingredients:
2 oz light rum
1/2 oz Vermouth (dry)

Garnish:
Black Olive

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass.

My painting is what you'll see after drinking too many of them!
Whoops, the person tripped and the cocktail contents are flying out of the martini glass.

I couldn't resist painting the booze as a pitch fork in flames and the olive as the moon with a name like "Black Devil".