My Crazy but civilized Boar / Pig is officially finished
The Artwork of Kolene Spicher
Part 2
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Closeup of head!
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I really enjoyed painting this pig. I guess I should mention that this was painted for Spicher and Co., (www.spicherandco.com ~ like us on Facebook to see what's new - call if you want something!). This will be a print!
While I was painting it for Spicher and Co., I thought I'd look around for an antique frame to compliment it. Here's what I came up with.
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Wonderful 19th century primitive frame probably for an old Currier and Ives
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If you recall yesterday, I showed you some pictures that I had found around the internet and also here at home that would be my inspiration pieces. As usual, I would antique the paper using my secret methods and then paint on top. Here's a few pictures showing the progress. Mind you some of these are down right ugly. But these are the steps that I go thru.
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| The drawing comes first |
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| closeup of ugly |
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| ditto |
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| I painted around the pig. No sense adding paint that I will later "paint over" |
Obviously there were many steps in between. But you get the idea. One thing that I did spend some extra time on was the sky. I had painted more defined clouds that I later decided were distracting to my pig and my pig, I mean man. They have to be the main attraction!
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| Sad but true! Lots of clouds were painted away... |
Here is a shot that gives you an idea of the scale of this painting. The size is about 13"x17" outside dimensions.
The man is so cute-Love him watching the pig.
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| Look at all the wonderful cracks! |
Thanks for looking at my Boar today! I will never kill my wonderful little pet pig because guess what, I don't eat swine!
Enjoy!
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