Sometimes there’s a man. Sometimes, that man spends 14 hours a day sitting on his couch, leg elevated, popping painkillers. That man is me, and this painting, is a 6″X18″ rendering of the Empire State Building. To date, I have done many Chrysler Building pictures, so it was high-time for an Empire.

Inspired by Inglorious Basterds, I began with the usual red under-drawing without wielding a baseball bat.

An iced coffee, the picture I took and used for inspiration, Hooker’s Green and a big screensaver.

While the gun-play in the basement scene played itself out, I pondered how detailed the sky should be.

Ah lime and dark green, it’s like a Mountain Dew waterfall cascading from a dense rain forest crevasse.

Perhaps I could have filled-in the whites here with red or pink and called it a day, no?

Keeping it moving, with the new background addition of our Christmas Tree, courtesy of Erin and Kelsey.

Harnessing the power of complements, an orange to strike a stark contrast with the blues throughout.

Hooray for painkillers, Christmas Tree Lights and a swirling sky – referred to as reminiscent of Ghostbusters via Twitter.

Adding a reflective, darker blue, and defining the windows of the Empire State.

A lighter sky with some highlights.

Capturing a more accurate building color in the foreground, just one round of darks away from completion.

And the final! It was a pleasure to finally paint this beautiful piece of New York’s skyline.

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