Spines

And you thought I was kidding when I said I was going on to paint human spines! Nope! An artist never knows what's next, that's what makes it exciting!

Let's see... This summer I've painted...

A Texas beach landscape

A cat

A raccoon

Three lantern paintings

And three paintings concerning the human spine.  Here's one:

 

This one is really nice. I did layers of gold and varied the direction and application of brush strokes for maximum shine and reflection from every angle. Then drew the spine, then did the antiquing. Today was varnishing day.  Voila!