Painting of Insert Coins in Downtown Las Vegas

Insert Coins Downtown Las Vegas Painting Borbay

It was back to Vegas… and this time, I decided to paint Insert Coins (which is so hot right now). It took three short sessions, one bloody finger and many adult beverages… but I got the job done.

Insert Coins Photo by Borbay

Nothing beats the early morning calm of Las Vegas. It’s just me, a few drink-toting on-lookers and the sun.

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Here’s the entire process with beats courtesy of the maestro MH the Verb.

Painting Process of Insert Coins by Borbay

Pencil sketch on panel… on day one, the winds were hovering around 20mph…

Painting Set Up Insert Coins Las Vegas

Here was my glorious set-up.

Painting Process of Insert Coins by Borbay

A colorful wash, and a slight gradient in the sky… followed by some paint-pen drawing. Heavy outline work. Things blowing everywhere.

Painting Process of Insert Coins by Borbay

Eggplant blocks of color… this time I used a very light, portable aluminum easel. Without a tray, I had to use my pockets for storage… unfortunately, I placed my palette knife facing up…

Painting Process of Insert Coins by Borbay

And cut my finger. After my bro Dan and friend Jim came by, they strongly recommended I stop painting (I was bleeding profusely).

Bloody Palette Knife Accident

Here is the finger five hours and ten band-aids later. Fortunately, I didn’t need stitches… I did, however, take some grief on Twitter.

Painting Process of Insert Coins by Borbay

Back at it, I went into the larger shapes, blocking out colors.

Painting Process of Insert Coins by Borbay

Throwing in the grey tones… creating some semblance of light. In plein air, the light shifts by the minute… making it difficult to capture a cohesive lighting narrative.

Painting Process of Insert Coins by Borbay

Getting into the fine details… just about there, all I needed was some punchy red and orange highlights.

Insert Coins Downtown Las Vegas Painting Borbay

Boom! If you go to Vegas, check out Insert Coins and Downtown Las Vegas… it’s an entirely different experience than the new Strip. Trust. Tell them Borbay sent you. And now… some of the trip.

Vegas is Nice to Those Who are Nice to Vegas by Borbay

I collaged this bad boy on the plane. True story.

Bag of Airline Booze

Speaking of the plane, if you tip your flight attendant, good things will happen. This bag was placed on my lap at the end of the flight.

Airplane Booze Booty Las Vegas

That’s a full mini-bar on the arm… and, lead to our new gratuity standard — ‘Tip Em’ With Tito’s”… want to see a valet’s eyes light up with glee? You guessed it. Tip Em’ With Tito’s.

Tim Borbay Dan in Las Vegas

Me and the bros… doing the Vegas group selfie thing.

Jim and Gene Downtown Las Vegas

Jim and his awesome Brother in Law Gene.

Fremont East Downtown Las Vegas

Downtown Fremont East.

JP and Jim Downtown Las Vegas

We only hang out in front of the finest craft stores… Jim and JP. They are not related.

Glitter Gulch Downtown Las Vegas

I don’t do strip clubs, but if you do, you might want to skip Glitter Gulch.

Jim Dan Tim Downtown Las Vegas

The gents taking in the sites.

Tim and Dan Las Vegas

Lots of finger action.  Dan El Cortez Las Vegas

Dan striking quite a silhouette in the El Cortez hotel.

Four Queens Downtown Las Vegas

Bet on everything.

Four Queens Marquee Downtown Las Vegas

Four Queens… day-to-night transition.

Dan Wynn Vegas

Dan at Wynn.

Tim and Borbay Downtown Las Vegas

Tim and me.

Tim Downtown Las Vegas

Tim looking boss.

Borbay Shecky Green Jim McClure Las Vegas

Delivering a painting to nightlife impresario Shecky Green.

Shecky Green Painting by Borbay

A closer look at that Shecky painting. See you next time Vegas.

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