Work in progress 'Twig sculpture' 4

Well the 'strong hold' glue I used was not quite so strong. Back to good old PVA glue.

Work in progress 'Twig sculpture' 3

Making the leaf look like its floating didn't quite work. Instead I have used a little bit of glue to glue the leaf stem to the twig frame.....and now a delicate balancing act to prop the leaf so it dries in the right position, cos I am so not holding it still for 30min or so.  Let's hope the glue holds.

Work in progress 'Twig sculpture' 2

Inspiration hit, (when I was at work of course) to create three cubes out of twigs and suspend the dried leaves in the middle to make them look like they are floating and ‘frozen in time’……….and not destroy the leaves in the process.

A gloss varnish might work also……….mmm.

Work in progress 'twig sculpture' 1

My first work in progress sculpture, actually my first sculpture in years. I collected twigs and dried leaves and have so far constructed one cube.......which a month later has not progressed. What to do next? 

Work in progress 'smooth jazz' final

And its done. Am happier with it now. Once its dry I'll take a better pic and put it in the gallery section.

Work in progress 'smooth jazz' 6

Outline complete. Yesterday I wasn't sure if I liked it as its much more abstract than I usually paint. But today I like it more, and the fact that's its on three panels. If you look at each panel individually you can't make out the figure but together the image comes together. Time too 'clean up' the lines and colours a bit.

Work in progress 'smooth jazz' 5

And now the background....time to wait for it to dry....though not quite how'll I'll do the next part.

Work in progress 'smooth jazz' 4

I decided to do the painting as a triptic and do some rough blocking of where the figure will be. For some reason I paint most naked figures in blue, maybe cos I never mastered the art of painting skin colour.