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Painting Process Breakdown

Robert Hunt

This month I thought I would share a little painting process. This is a painting of Arctic Explorer Frank Worsley* that I did as preliminary work as part of a project I'm working on. I start by doing a very loose sketch to lay out the composition I do the same to rough in the position of the facial features I start adding some transitional passing values and modulate the colors in the drawing. most…

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Flaming June and Lachrymae

Howard Lyon

August 22, 2025 - Okay, I have to make a statement before I go further in this post. I am going to be doing another post on Frederic Leighton's Flaming June in the near future because the university near me is hosting the painting right now. I AM SO EXCITED. It is almost in my backyard. I have flown to DC (when I was 24) and to NY to the Met (two years ago) to see it and now it is about 15 minutes away. I plan to go see it often and also to try and make a gigantic capture of it. Wish my luck! If you happen to be in the SLC area, the BYU Museum of Art is currently hosting it along with some other amazing paintings. Onto the images! I've always loved this painting. It is one of those iconic…

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