Here's "Hula Apples" about 2/3 blocked in.

Here's a detail of the surfer.

Here is "Hula Apples" blocked in with it's initial oil washes. Now I will apply the final layer of paint, adjusting color, values and detail.

I've begun the final application of oil paint in the background. I've painted the sky and the lettering of both 'HULA" and 'Apples'.

Notice how I've darkened the background so that the light on the surfer's face shows up. Compare it to the detail three photos above.

As soon as I paint the 'hula girl', the background will be completed.

 

Here's Charlie, all finished!

Here is the beginning of my next painting, "Hula Apples".

I am using an old apple crate label as my background. 1960's Surfer magazines, a Hawaiian ceramic bowl, a 1962 23 window VW microbus and some apples are my foreground props.

Scroll down to see Charlie, a friend and local surfer who will be standing on the rocks (apples) with his longboard, checking out the surf.

Follow the photos down as the painting progresses.

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