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Prima Vera detail 1

colinalexander777 — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:17:18 -0500

Prima Vera

colinalexander777 — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:15:58 -0500

Torch on copper 24 x 36

Sam's Portrait Cu - detail

colinalexander777 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:49:01 -0500

Some surface sanding to catch the light , some water resist for precision line work .

Portrait of an Islander - Copper & Fire

colinalexander777 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:46:10 -0500

Pushing further into my experiments with Raw unprimed sheets and just torch . This gentleman's name is Sam , he's a friend of mine who lives on a remote gulf island . This is looking from the back of the ferry boat at the island in the distance .

Firecolour Portrait & Landscape on Copper

colinalexander777 — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:04:21 -0500

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD-9v2-Gfes

Mauro Portrait in copper

colinalexander777 — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:28:52 -0600

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_pSjaMjq-A

Firecolour Video Demo 2

colinalexander777 — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:40:51 -0600

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_pSjaMjq-A

In response to my sketch video of Beethoven , I received a commission to fire-paint on copper , the composer Mauro Giuliani .
This video outlines the process I used to do the study, for this portrait .

Beethoven Firecolour sketch Demo

colinalexander777 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:11:49 -0600

quick sketch of Ludwig http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uThM9s6Mccg

Beethoven Firecolour Sketch demo video

colinalexander777 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:09:21 -0600

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uThM9s6Mccg
In this video I anneal a small scrap of copper to a dark grey , and use ink to lay in a few initial marks , for the sake of this demo . Usually I would go much larger / more detailed , and use solely brush and water ; there is an example of this technique too , near the end of the video .

Fluke Jewels of Firecolour

colinalexander777 — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:29:46 -0600

This is the abstract landscape ( with my reflection taking the picture ) that came out of the oven after about ten minutes at 400 degrees - a complete one-off fluke . Clean sheet of 120z copper.