Saturday, October 21, 2023

Day 21: The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) - 31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2023

31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2023:
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

Hey, hey!  Twenty-one down and ten to go!  Someone queue up "The Final Countdown" by Europe!  The end is slowly in sight (although, ironically, I have several out-of-town and extra-busy days and real-life distractions ahead during this last stretch, so we shall see how that goes)...

While not really a horror movie, per se, "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" (1958) is definitely a Monster Movie.  It includes many, cool monsters of mythology: a Cyclops, skeletons, Naga, Dragons, and two-headed Roc, and so many more bits of Ray Harryhausen goodness.  And there is something unearthly and slightly extra-creepy with Harryhausen's stop-motion animation, which makes the monsters all the more seemingly monstrous.

This was done with Acrylic Paint and a limited palette of: Paynes Gray, Titanium White, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, and Primary Cyan.

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STEP ONE:  Here is a quick, color breakdown done to suggest the general layout on the page.  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 next pass to just try to tighten everything up for the painting.

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STEP THREE:  It's the finished painting done with lots and lots and lots of back-and-forth.

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Done with Acrylic paint on 8-1/2" x 11" gessoed cardstock.

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