31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2023:
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Hey, hey! It's Day 7--One week down and only... (counts on fingers) three-and-a-half to go!
Today it's 1954's "Creature from the Black Lagoon", with the Gill Man in question wandering around and harrying the bathing suited female lead. Don't wonder why a Gill Man would be attractive to a beautiful, scantily clad (well, for the 1950's) women. Yeah, I didn't think of that until I was much, much older.
Mostly, when I watched this as a kid, I was enthralled with the slow stalking swamp monster, trundling through the jungle and swimming below the surface. He put the "Monster" in "Monster Movie".
Done with a limited palette of Titanium White and Payne's Gray.
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STEP ONE: Here is a quick outline done in Paynes Gray to suggest the general outline. It is painted on an 8-1/2" x 11" extra thick cardstock which was primed with a 50/50 mix of gesso and matte medium.
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STEP TWO: And here's the first pass to model the form, as well as the lights and darks for the painting.
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STEP THREE: Here's the finished painting, done with lots and lots of layering and back-and-forth.
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Done with Acrylic paint on 8-1/2" x 11" gessoed cardstock.
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