Mixed-Media Poe Painting

Mellanie CSeptember 24, 2014November 25, 2014PAINTINGacrylic painting, art, B&W, black and white, Edgar Allan Poe, fine art, handpainted, poe, portrait, portrait painting

Poe-image — by Mellanie Collins
8″x10″
acrylic over paper on hardboard

Another acrylic painting! The Poe fest continues with this 8″x10″ painting. I took some pages from the poetry section of an old book of Edgar Allan Poe’s works and pasted them onto my hardboard and got right to painting. As I did with my Albert Einstein painting, I put down many thin layers to get a blended effect.

Here’s an image of the work in progress with my reference photos and preliminary painted sketch. I like how this painting turned out. I was going to put it up for sale, but I just can’t part with it. At least, not right now.

I’m posting process photos and other things on my FB page. Check it out

Published by Mellanie C

sketch artist, daydreamer Figurative artist specializing in small format art and portraits. View more posts

2 thoughts on “Mixed-Media Poe Painting”

Cindy D. says:

September 25, 2014 at 7:21 pm

This is such a GREAT painting! Terrific depth and contrast and I love the neutral colors. Haha, I understand why you’d want to keep it!

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1. Mellanie C says:
  
  October 6, 2014 at 4:38 pm
  
  Thanks Cindy! I’d love to make pieces like this consistently. And larger pieces too! Funny to think how large I think an 8″x10″ painting is.
  
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