After the encouraging response - from both artists and collectors - to recent Artzines featuring some WiP (Work in Progress) photos, I’ve been documenting more of my painting process. I had time off between Christmas and New Year’s, so I painted like a fiend (god it was great!). Herewith, one of the pieces I painted then, in progression:
Step 1: just the textured panel, with a wash on it
Step 2: about 20% of the painting laid in - some background, and the pickup rider mostly done
Step 3: about 60% of the piece done - pickup rider and his flashy palomino
The final piece: “Rough Work”, 24 x 18
Learnings:
- boy do I love red (duh), though it’s challenging as hell to paint something that evokes really BRIGHT red at the correct relative value scale to the rest of the piece
- I’m having so much fun with texturing my panels beforehand it’s almost illegal
- taking these WiP photos is actually helping me do a better job with the final paintings - it forces me to take a step back, and seeing a little digital version on the back of my camera makes the flaws or compositional needs of the piece just JUMP out at me.
- The compositions I enjoy most are totally “in your face”
- I really do enjoy lots of entendres in my titles (there are a few in this one - interpretations invited
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January 6th, 2010 at 6:20 am
Everything about this series of images made me smile
I love to see the process. Thank you for sharing!
January 6th, 2010 at 6:57 pm
Julie-
Beautiful! I especially love the texture on the board it gives interest and
with the color choices gives the painting action and makes it pop!
If you will permit me to ask a color related question, Have you heard of
or experimented with the Munsell System? (Developed by Albert Munsell)
It deals with Hue, Value, and Chroma in paint. I am going to experiment with
it. Any thoughts you might have would be greatly appreciated. I will sit back
and listen.
Doug
January 6th, 2010 at 7:53 pm
Jim - your comment made ME smile, thanks!
Doug - I’ve heard of it, and programs like Lightroom make use of it (as HSL, Hue/Saturation/Luminosity). I can’t say I really understand it; I play with the LR interface sometimes, but the results are puzzling, and I never seem to have enough time to really explore…please be sure to post after you’ve experimented, I’ll be curious how it affects your use of paint.
January 13th, 2010 at 8:59 am
I would love to be a fly on the wall and watch you texture then paint….
January 24th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Lori - what a great comment, made me smile! Come to one of my workshops - you’ll get that and a whole helluva lot more - guaranteed.
February 23rd, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Lori:
If you go to a workshop, just watch out for the fly-swatter.
March 7th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
You mean the bullwhip.
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