for anyone actually reading this, bare with me as it will be a long one...
sneak peak! so you dont lose interest
im putting 3 pieces up at the Pancakes and Booze show on December 2nd & 3rd. that means i have a TON of painting to do so i can drop them off at the venue on december 1st...the day before the show.
so, i decided my best plan of action would be to pick up an unfinished painting that i kinda like, and finish it.
also, as i know about myself, i tend to not work too hard on my stuff unless i am forced to. so this was a golden opportunity to force myself into figuring out and finishing this work-in-progress that i felt had some promise.
so tonight i will be posting this painting in 3 stages of development.
Stage 1 (i figured out this was started in April 2011!!! what! thats forever ago)...
funny you can see another painting behind this one. if it is familiar to you, thank you for following along for the past year!
laying down colors, figuring out shadows...
now onto stage 2...
more colors.
i didnt have a clear idea for the background yet. my thought was that he was running/falling/dancing down some alley...
i remember being frustrated here for a couple reasons:
1.) i didnt know what i was doing
2.) the paint wasnt coating very well! it was at this point that i vowed NOT to ever sketch with these black, waxy crayon-type pencils that i like. when i got into it with this much YELLOW, the sketch seemed impossible to cover.
and, tonight was stage 3...
more shading and development of reflected light etc.
this picture shows the proportions of the canvas, which i like. it is 36" x 12" so that in itself helps to add something dynamic
im not at all happy with the quality of these photos, but i have a hard time finding a great place to photograph in my apartment. i always paint at night, and i prefer dim lighting in my home.
ill get a truer-to-life image when this is done and i can scan it.
SO! there you have it. thank you for making it all the way to the end of this post. and, ill post the final piece when i think its done.
goodnight!
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