Day 1 of Tintype Commission

With the holiday season now over, it's time for me to get back to work on my pieces in progress.  I spent about an hour last week working on the color patterning for the dress in Tintype Commission and finally reached an ideal design so the only thing holding me back from working was the cold.  I've been hoping to get some work done at night after work, but my studio, which is a patio turned sunroom with no central heat, has simply been too cold but hopefully that trend will soon be ending.  In other art related news, I finally renewed my Flickr subscription and the entirety of my photo collection is again available for viewing at http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyndawson.  The majority of the photos are from my personal travels throughout the country and many have provided source material for my art works.

Today was an off day so I was able to get a little work in on Tintype Commission while the sun was providing heat.  My work today consisted of what I have called 'Stage 1' in previous oil works.  I simply applied a thin transparent layer of Alizarin Crimson over the entire piece to help darken the shadows and better establish the forms.

I decided to also film my progress for this piece and edit it like I have been for my work on Phoenix Rising, and thanks to my experiences with those videos nothing went wrong with today's filming.