07.05.2020
The topography of the head has been fully 'mapped' with acrylic grisailles; and the shock of bristly hair has been washed with very dilute acrylic black to set the tonal flow.
The head is now ready for oils. . .
09.05.2020
The head, save for the eyes, is now effectively done. Aside from the eyes, the hirsute portions of the figure still have to be either done or finalized. And lastly, the stone cudgel has to be attached and painted. . .
By way of a sidebar, I would like to point out that this iteration of the Great White Apes of Bar- soom is a bit more richly chromatic than its predecessor. I drew most of my inspiration from the cover of the 1973 edition (Ballantine) of The Master Mind of Mars (1927) by Gino d'Achille. AND, I relied more on my reference folder of Snowflake (may he RIP), as well as referencing images of Hamadryas baboons. Snowflake was allegedly the first albino gorilla known to Western man, but Burroughs and the production team of Son of Kong (1933) both featured white great apes in their creative ventures. They had either heard of sightings of albino gorillas, or set the stage for another instance of fact being stranger than fiction. . .
I should be on the 'last lap' by the end of the weekend.
“When the cost of a hobby exceeds the fun and doesn't attract new people, the game is over.” -
Oscar Koveleski, August 2003
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