The Haunted Library

Sinister 11 "The Mariner"

2026-06-14T04:57:56.211-07:00

This portrait was started in late November. It is based on the Haunted Mansion Sinister 11 "The Mariner"

Halloween 2025

2025-11-01T10:54:00.000-07:00

Sinister 11 "The Vampire"

2025-10-12T03:20:00.000-07:00

Based on the Sinister 11 portrait "The Vampire".

With a hat

2025-09-20T20:15:00.000-07:00

Hatbox Ghost Painted Mask

2025-09-20T12:30:00.000-07:00

Materials needed:

.Paper Towels

. Various Size Paint Brushes

. White paint

.Black Paint

. Metallic Gold Paint

.Blank Face mask ( black mask preferred)

(Hatbox Ghost images used from Long Forgotten )

Just a few weeks ago I had an idea to see if I could paint the Hatbox Ghost from Haunted Mansion on a blank face mask.

After finding a good front facing picture of the Hatbox Ghost, I drew a crude picture on the mask and went over with white paint. Then started painting in the main shapes, following the picture as a guide. I painted in different directions, to give the look of the contour and depth. I wiped back the paint to give the shapes a ghostly appearance.

Next I painted details in black. Don't worry about messing up. We can come back later to fix it. The black details are going to be painted over with more dry brush white. Wiping it down can be tricky here. It might run away the layer underneath.

Next is building up layers in white, keeping the shapes contours and contrast in mind. I waited about 20-30 minutes in between coats.

When this is done we can come back with our final coat of white, highlighting the spots you want to be most visible. (I followed the areas I could see brightest in the photos I was using). Remember to follow shapes and contours. After that is dry it's time to come back and fix mistakes with the black paint.

You can just cover up the spots or fill all the areas with black. Now you can paint a smile. After everything is dry it's time to paint the teeth. Hatbox Ghost has a gold tooth in the right front incisor. Leave a gap when painting in teeth with white. When those are dry paint in the gold tooth with metallic gold paint.

Now he's finished. You can put drawings of his eyes in as I did, paint him with invisible, blacklight paint, highlights anywhere you want.

Halloween 2024

2025-09-20T01:46:00.000-07:00

Sinister 11 "Witch Of Walpurgis"

2024-09-12T10:52:00.000-07:00

Ten years ago I wanted to paint one of my favorite Haunted Mansion portraits, "The Witch Of Walpurgis" From Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland. I only had colored pencils at the time, but I have painted over it in just about six weeks

Dog Days Of Summer

2024-08-22T11:53:00.000-07:00

It's hot and all I wanted to do is stay in the dark and be cold.

Christmas 2023

2023-12-30T12:48:00.000-08:00

Skeleton Christmas

2023-12-09T16:24:00.000-08:00

Cardboard Tree Topper

2023-11-14T20:34:00.000-08:00

Last year I attempted to make a finial Christmas tree topper out of cardboard. In the past week I worked on a newer version.

Halloween 2023

2023-10-31T21:19:00.001-07:00

Owl Stencil

2023-10-30T21:37:00.001-07:00

I was looking for an owl pattern and found this pattern from jadewik.

The branches had to be thickened for support in the foam pumpkin.

Rebuilding

2023-09-19T16:51:00.005-07:00

December 2022

2022-12-15T12:15:00.001-08:00

Pine cone center piece 2.0

2022-12-10T13:55:00.005-08:00

Halloween 2022

2022-10-31T23:00:00.000-07:00

Jack O' The Lantern Photos

2022-10-27T21:52:00.006-07:00

Blue light 2

2022-10-15T12:49:00.005-07:00

Skeleton Project 3

2022-10-12T20:40:00.003-07:00

Skeleton Project update

2022-10-08T17:20:00.004-07:00

The foot bone is connected to the leg bone

Jack O' the Lantern 2.0

2022-09-30T11:34:00.002-07:00

Skeleton Project: part 1

2022-09-23T22:21:00.002-07:00

I have been waiting for a while now. Now that I have a PVC skeleton, It's pretty good for the price( about $35 at Walmart). This is an opportunity to try and paint the skeleton the way I want.

First, take it apart....

Blue Light

2022-09-09T23:53:00.004-07:00

Skeleton with a blue light.

New Skeleton

2022-09-01T18:34:00.004-07:00