February’s Theme Selected
Posted by Timothy Gray on December 26, 2006
While I was in Greenville for Christmas, I met up with Justin at Barnes & Noble to show him some of the latest test prints I had been making. We were both very excited about the quality of the prints and can’t wait to see what everything will look like once the artwork is complete.
We also took the time to discuss the theme for our next commission. Justin is going to begin developing the story of Nehemiah rebuilding the wall. The big moody sky and the ruins of Jerusalem had Justin a little giddy, and I can see why. This piece has a lot of potential and I know he’ll do it justice. I’ll be posting some sketches shortly.
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Testing, Testing...
Posted by Timothy Gray on December 24, 2006
I’ve been getting our printing process and workflow perfected and am pretty excited with what I’ve done so far. This new printer really is amazing. I ordered all the highest-quality printing substrates I could get my hands on and have been whittling it down to the ones I feel comfortable backing with our 100% satisfaction guarantee. We have two options that we are very happy about — the Hahnemühle Smooth Fine Art Paper and the HP Professional Matte Canvas. Both are outstanding! We’re currently looking for a high-quality textured fine art paper and a satin canvas. If you know of any that are particularly good, drop me a line.
Update
I’ve located some materials that I think will work very well indeed. The Mercedes of paper, Hahnemühle, has some beautiful papers in their premier FineArt line that we’re going to test. I’ve ordered their FineArt canvas, Torchon 285, Photo Rag® Bright White 308 and German Etching 310. I’ll post my findings as soon as I’ve tested them thoroughly.
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Red Sea: Pass 4
Posted by Timothy Gray on December 23, 2006
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Red Sea: Oil
Posted by Timothy Gray on December 19, 2006
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Red Sea: Final Sketch
Posted by Timothy Gray on December 16, 2006
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The Good Samaritan: Composition
Posted by Timothy Gray on December 14, 2006
Red Sea: Sketch
Posted by Timothy Gray on December 14, 2006
This is the rough sketch. I am going to be doing the final sketch at 11√ó15.5. My plan is to transfer that from sketch paper to a printout at 100% size and then glue this down to a board with gel medium. Then I intend on working through the piece in oils and then finishing it digitally.
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Red Sea: Color Comp
Posted by Timothy Gray on December 14, 2006
This is the initial color comp for the crossing the red sea piece. Overall this will probably look pretty surreal. I’ve always absolutely loved the underwater exhibits at sea world and Ripley’s aquariums. There is something amazing about them, you feel like you are in a place that humans were simply never meant to go. You can see it in the Parrotfishes faces. They also know you shouldn’t be there and if they could get through that glass they would eat you. The sharks on the other hand, are all too well fed to care.
Anyway, unless a horde of angry zealots storm the studio within the next day or so I am going to be painting the background much like you see here. The astute viewer will notice the whales in the background, which is a nod to the Prince of Egypt film, which did a fantastic job with this story.
The main focus of this scene will be the peoples faces though. I really want to explore the attitudes and expressions of the Isrealites. On the left you see people who are worried and nervous looking. People in doubt, but then in the middle you have a child silhouetted in front of the whales and ocean. He is in awe at God’s power. On the far right there is a hopeful and joyous mother and her child. beyond that though we have one guy who is looking distraught and pointing backward. Maybe he sees the Egyptian army approaching, or maybe he thinks they should all go back. I want to stress in the image that these aren’t perfect people. That most of these people are complaining, bickering and skeptical. The point is that God saved us in spite of ourselves.
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