The Muse Takes Control Part II

Even a few days away from the easel didn't take away from an internal need to work on this painting. Today's work, about 5 hours' worth, consisted of developing the background sculpture of the Mayan deity.

Modeling the sculpture was a little more difficult than I thought - I kept the paint layers relatively thin and transparent, although thicker ("fatter") than the base layer from last time. I wanted to indicate the sculpture's three dimensionality but at the same time keep its colors cool so that it would stay "behind" the Jaguar.

The colors I used were muted versions of purple, green, blue, and even a little red.

I tried to keep the detail on the sculpture at a minimum because I want the main detail to be in the Jaguar, making it the focus.

Stage 4 on "God of the Night Sun" Oil on texture panel, 24"x30"

Now I'll let this dry overnight and tomorrow will work on muting down the background sculpture a bit. I might even add a few plants and vines and mosses to soften all of that rock.

Continue to Part III...

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