My name is Rich Milo I like to paint in the style this painting is “DESTRUCTION OF NATIVE AMERICA” .
of what is called “Magic Realism”. I enjoy us- To see a video of this step by step it can be viewed at my web-
ing a combination of an Airbrush and Hand site www.miloart.com. First I begin by stretching a canvas and
Brush. By layering the two I can come up with then wet sanding it after applying 8 coats of gesso each one dry
an effect in my paintings which is pleasing to sanded and the last one wet sanded.
me and hopefully to the viewer. In this step by Next I accumulate all the reference photos which will make
step I have focused on the process by which I put together the up the image of the vision I have in my head. I then begin the
elements which make up a large canvas of 48”x54”. The title of drawing process.
In step one I am seen drawing from my photograph reference using just a grey mid value
watercolor pencil and a black one. I can pretty much get all the values I need depending on
the pressure I use when drawing. I try to make the drawing as perfect as possible.
I usually add each image working from the foreground to the you have to redo any part of the drawing. Here in this step I will
background so as to avoid over lapping images and having to show you a progression of the drawing.
erase. Watercolor pencil just washes off well with a damp rag if
It is now time to start the painting process. When I am doing a fine art canvas like this
Here is the completed image. At this
one I like to use Liquitex Heavy Body paints, which I will thin out and bring to an air-
point I look at it and adjust any value
brush consistency. I am beginning here with the Statue of Liberty. When I paint each
problems darkening or lightening areas if
image I don’t let the over all painting overwhelm me. I simply treat each piece of the
necessary. After the image is exactly the
painting as if it was the whole. I usually find a local color and build the entire image
way I want it, I seal it with 1 or 2 good
that I am painting with that color and some white, molding it slowly. After that I intro-
coats of Krylon matt medium #1311
duce the dark colors and the highlights, which are value variations of the first color.
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