Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Creating "Spirit in the Sky"

The process for creating the glass and watercolor painting

SPIRIT IN THE SKY

IT STARTS WITH THE DRAWING...

THE COLORS ARE FILLED IN....


 THE GLASS IS CUT TO MATCH THE DRAWING


THE FIGURES ARE CAREFULLY LAID OUT ON THE KILN SHELF


 THE FIGURES GO INTO THE KILN TO BE FIRED TO 1400 DEGREES F.


THE PAPER AND BOARD ARE PREPARED FOR PAINTING



THE PAINTING IS DONE WITH WATERCOLORS.

 THE FIGURES ARE LAID OUT ON THE PAINTING WITH THE MAT BOARD AND GLUED DOWN.


JUST SEEING HOW THE BLACK FRAME LOOKS BEFORE THE FINAL FRAMING



THE FACES AND DETAILS ARE PAINTED ONTO THE GLASS WITH AN ENAMEL BLACK PAINT

THE FINAL PIECE. 12" WIDE BY 22" LENGTH

THIS PIECE IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE 
prints of all glass & paper works coming soon! 

2 comments:

  1. I loved it when I saw it last weekend! Thanks for sharing the process. Lori

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    1. Thank you Lori! You being at that show made it a lot more fun for me. I'm going to continue this idea into different sizes too. :0)

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