In-progress graphite under-drawing on a poplar wood panel of Walking Man over a subterranean ocean with Jonah and the Sea-monster. This will be painted in oils.
A Special Frame For H. Bosch
Below is a photo of the frame for Heironymos Bosch Painting in His Studio. The frame is hard curly maple, cherry, and black walnut. I had troubles capturing a quality photo of the frame. Also pictured are a few new details: a great horned owl, bluebird, and some crows in the right-hand panel, and a plowman leading a pair of oxen on the left-hand panel.
Persimmon Bowl
A small bowl turned from green persimmon wood back in september. It has distorted as it dried.
Walking Man and Jonah in the Ancient Ocean
Here is a new pencil drawing of Walking Man with an axe above a drawing of Jonah and the Appointed Sea Monster.
Underpainting for Moses in the Cleft of Rock
Below are two stages of the under-painting for the Moses in the Cleft panel, done in egg tempera. Also included is a detail of some of the egg tempera paraphernalia.
Four Bowls
Below are four bowls (from left) in elm, cottonwood, cottonwood, and ash.
The second cottonwood bowl taken from the crotch-wood.
The Ash bowl.
Cutting Jacob and the Angel into a Block
The image of Jacob wrestling the Angel of the Lord being cut into a block of linoleum for a new print.
Making New Scratch Stock Cutter
In order to make a bead detail for some frame molding I could either buy a router bit or make a new cutter for my scratch stock (a traditional shop-made molding cutter or scraper). I believe that it is good to make your own tools when you can.
Below is the new cutter in the body of the scratch stock (similar to a marking guage), a piece of scrap walnut that has recieved the molding and an old triple flute cutter I made last winter.
The profile is marked on the blank before cutting. The blank is roughly cut from an old handsaw blade with a cold chisel then filed smooth.
The profile is then cut out with a dremel cut-off wheel…
then cleaned up with files.
The finished profile cutter in the scratch stock body and the resulting bead cut into the walnut.
Moses in the Cleft of Rock
Here is an update of the Moses in the Cleft of Rock panel. It is graphite on a gessoed poplar panel- in the process of becoming a painting. The underpainting will be in egg tempera, while the final painting will be oil.
Moses Anointing Aaron Update
Here is some recent progress on the painting of Moses anointing Aaron. A detail of Aaron followed by the whole picture.
