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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · 12h

A work in progress #vertical figure painting

#blueskyartshow #art #painting #back #selfportrait #fineart #gallery #collector #blue #project #progress #updates #gym

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · 2d

One more day on the back. Many of the pigments I used to build up the shadows are completely transparent and require several glazes to create a skin texture

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · 5d

Side eye

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · 7d

Sometimes you have to let the underpainting #glow through. Updates this week

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · 10d

First pass on the face, back, and arm. It's always interesting to see the different transparencies of paints on the first pass

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · 11d

In progress. First pass on the face. More updates this week

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · 16d

Start of a new painting

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · 25d

HOMECOMING, ©2025 Julia i.e. Gignac. Ink on paper. A small painting of my partner's dog. She's moving in the reference picture and I'm happy with how that motion was captured

#art #painting #dogs #blue #eastcoast #autumn #ink #fineart #gallery

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · Sep 5

I got some vaccines this morning so I'm pretty out of it but I've been keeping active with some short sketches and an audiobook. This one was photo-referenced.

#art #sketch #fabric #beauty #fineart #collector #gallery #books #fall #traditionalart #sanantonio #berkeley

©2025 Julia i.e. Gignac
Figurative pencil sketch

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · Sep 3

A semi-blind contour sketch of the view from my hotel room on vacation. Virginia Beach before a hurricane

#art #painting #sketch #ink #ocean #beach #virginiabeach #eastcoast #travel #vacation #rest #updates #beauty #summer

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · Sep 2

I've been inactive for a while but for mostly good reasons - a short vacation and then working on some writing projects. Here's a quick sketch from late July. I'm thinking blue ink to finish it

#art #vacation #summer #fall #ink #painting #beauty #travel #swimming #women #updates

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · Aug 15

Quick freehand ink painting (30 minutes) of my dog, very mad about taking a bath. She passed last summer and I'm preparing for a larger memorial piece soon. BATHTIME, ©2025 Julia i.e. Gignac

#art #painting #dogs #ink #sketch #memorial #blue #sanantonio #gallery #fineart #collector

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · Aug 12

MOONSHOT, ©2025 Julia i.e. Gignac. Portrait of my partner in DC's Air and Space Museum. Recent developments there are disturbing to say the least.

#art #painting #dc #washington #eastcoast #museum #travel #summer #color #gallery #fineart #collector #beauty #politics

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · Aug 11

Latest painting (edge painted lavender)

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · Aug 7

I've spent the last several days taking artistic figure reference photos, editing, and thinking about some new projects. I'll probably have some fresh sketches/line drawings out soon before a larger project

#art #painting #photography #gym #editing #sanantonio #fineart #gallery #collector #sketch

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · Aug 2

TITLE PENDING, ©2025 Julia i.e. Gignac. For today's #blueskyartshow theme, #gratitude, a portrait of one of the people I'm most grateful for. (He's so full of sunshine I had to ask him to stop smiling so I could take the reference picture)

#art #travel #summer #gallery #museum #fineart #eastcoast

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · Jul 31

Second pass on the hair. I especially like the lighting on the right side. Second pass on the background tomorrow

#art #painting #light #hair #dc #airandspace #summer #travel #museum #progress #process #updates #sanantonio #eastcoast #gallery #fineart #collector #beauty

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · Jul 30

Small update. Second pass on skin tones is done, wrapping up with the hand and arm. I think at some point I'll do a post with multiple photos of different stages so the progression is clear without scrolling through my whole profile

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · Jul 29

Working on the face. The skin tones melt together like butter when layered and blended correctly

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · Jul 28

Deepening the shadows in the background to correct contrast before the second pass. Split complement color schemes are my absolute favorite

#art #painting #summer #travel #beauty #dc #sanantonio #airandspace #museums #texas #gallery #fineart #collector #light #color #blue #orange #eastcoast

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · Jul 26

For the #blueskyartshow theme #alternating, light and dark on the lines of this column of the Acropolis in Athens.

#art #photography #summer #travel #greece #greekhistory #history #light #shadow #canon #fineart #gallery #collector #berkeley #sanantonio #texas #painting #texture

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · Jul 25

Finished the first pass. In the early stages like this things tend to look delightfully abstract

#art #painting #project #progress #updates #beauty #summer #start #airandspace #dc #museum #travel #sanantonio #texas #fineart #gallery #collector #blue #contrast #light #abstract

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · Jul 23

Day 3 update. Electric blue shadows have a surprising appeal in this composition. The contrast between the teal of the shadows and orange of the lighting plays very well together. More work on the background to come

#art #painting #dc #sanantonio #gallery #fineart #beauty #summer #project #progress

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · Jul 22

Early update today. Finished the first pass on the hair, the rest of the skin tones, and started on the shadows of the shirt. More tomorrow

#art #painting #light #summer #dc #airandspace #museum #texas #sanantonio #gallery #fineart #collector #project #updates #progress #travel #stepbystep #hair

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darkmatterpaintbrush @darkmatterpaint.bsky.social · Jul 21

First pass on the face. The colors in this reference are so spectacular that I don't have to alter them for the painting at all. For the first time in a while it's a 1:1 match

#art #painting #fineart #project #progress #updates #travel #beauty #summer #space #sanantonio #texas #gallery #collector

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