Post #411085 by Robb Hamel on Wed, Oct 1, 2008 11:46 AM

I'm taking a little break from doing big paintings and doing some 8x10s for a change. I've been planning on doing this for awhile but Ken Ruzic got me motivated. Thanks Ken!

I really like this guy with a head shaped like a canoe paddle from the Mai Kai. I've seen a bunch of New Guinea carvings since and realized that's where he came from.

I changed him into something between some real carvings and the Mai Kai one and did several sketches.

I worked in my studio for the first time in months because it's cold now.

Work went slow the first day, and, as usual, the pics don't look nearly as nice as the real painting.

http://www.robbhamel.com

Black velvet tiki art...
needs more blood.

[ Edited by: Robb Hamel 2008-10-19 17:07 ]