Atelier Luteiventris and Låvestudioet at Lillehager

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Carving, Painting and Drawing

©️2020 Montgomery J Nelson

I started another little Basswood sculpture. I also completed a small pencil sketch on Claybord and started a India ink, pencil and watercolor drawing on multi-media board.

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Sculpture

©️2020 Montgomery J Nelson

Basswood head painted with acrylic.

©️2020 Montgomery J Nelson

Two maquettes in progress. The homage to Brancusi, et al on the left I imagine would be about 6-8’. The piece on the right you’ve seen before. Below is a Birch branch I found and loved. The cardboard pieces will be painted Basswood. I’m still working out a base.

©️2020 Montgomery J Nelson

Sunday, February 16, 2020

More Basswood Heads

©️2020 Montgomery J Nelson

I’m still working on the helmeted head, and today I started another one from 2x2 stock.

©️2020 Montgomery J Nelson

And CORGI friends!! Jyn and Sabine joining me for a break in the studio.

Monday, February 10, 2020

Oseberg Viking and Demon Cranium

I finally finished a couple of carvings today. I painted (stained?) the 12” Oseberg-style Viking with diluted Norwegian Orange acrylic. The Basswood Demon Cranium was painted with heavy-body acrylic.

©️2020 Montgomery J Nelson

Sunday, February 9, 2020

Painting Study

Kintsugi repaired bowl and a skull with a gold tooth. Pencil and watercolor on Strathmore Multimedia Board.

©️2020 Montgomery J Nelson

This is a study for a watercolor I’ll be doing on Ampersand Aquabord. I expect the final version to be a bit darker, and I’ve decided to move the gold tooth to the other side.

Monday, January 20, 2020

Sketch and Maquette

This is a sketch- and now today- a maquette (or modello) for a multi-stone garden sculpture I’d like to do.

I think granite would be cool, and then paint the ravens and Odin with red Lithichrome paint.

The maquette is in gray/brown air dry clay. Should be about the right color when dry. I’ll paint the ravens and Odin with the red acrylic, and then put it all together on a base. At that point I’ll decide if I want to go garden-size. I was thinking in the neighborhood of three-ish feet tall.