Below Alice is shown with the flamingo from the croquet game around her neck. This painting has a certain je ne sais quoi and is one of my favorites. The wild golden flowing hair and orb-like lash-rimmed baby blues of Alice are enchanting. This painting was created during the character development process of
A Story Before Bed's fresh new version of
Alice in Wonderland. I like to experiment with unusual mediums in my work. In the first layers of this piece I created a raised surface for the body of the flamingo by applying tile caulking and scraping through it with the end of my brush to define each individual feather.
Texture is a crucial element in all of my paintings. Full of texture, rich detail and utilizing a vibrant color palette, this piece is a prime example of my work. Like many of my other works it took weeks to create. The process starts on cardboard sealed in gesso and a layer of acrylic paint. Then I draw rough sketches with water color pencil, erasing and reworking areas with a damp brush. I lock in the drawing with a sharpie and a layer of fixative. The layers upon layers of paint are each sprayed into place with fixative. Some layers are then coated with gloss medium to ad a smooth translucent layer. Some are left bare so that the water-based gouache beads up on the fixative layer.
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