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"Below The Source"

Step by Step Pictures - Oil Painting Tips

The Creation of "Below The Source" fine art oil painting


added February, 2004

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Gessoed panel

This is the blank gessoed panel.
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Penciled in

The general penciled in sketch.
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Background started

Background started.
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Moss covered rocks started

Moss covered rocks started .
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Another mossy boulder

Another mossy boulder.
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Stream started

Stream started, boulders added.
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Upper right boulder started

Boulder on upper right started.
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Hidden imagery added

Hidden imagery being added.
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Waterfall showing

Waterfall starting to show.
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Foreground laid in

Mossy bank in foreground laid in.

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Whitewater foam added

Whitewater foam in waterfall added.
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Stream in foreground added

Stream added in foreground.
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Waterfall refined

Waterfall refined.
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Details being added

Details being added creating hidded imagery.
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More details, ferns

More ferns painted in, gesso covered completely.
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Hidden images

Details of the hidden images, faces, ears being added.
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Further refinement

Further refinement of details.
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Finished 'Below The Source' oil painting

The finished "Below the Source" oil painting.
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