Step One: Get a paper towel and rub some Transparent Oxide Red into the canvas. This one is 16" x 12". Then, you have to start "drawing" with the brush.
Step Two: Here, I am trying to put the right shpes in the right places. You have to compare everything at this stage, If you don't get the "drawing" right here, the rest of the painting will telegraph all the fundemental flaws.
Step Three: I'm just adding in more background value here. Getting ready for the next stage of the painting...
Ooops.... Dinnrer's ready. My wonderful wife has a pork roast in the oven that is ready to be devoured by a family of five. So, I gotta go...
3 comments:
what college did you go to? that painting looks really good.
Thanks, that painting still has a ways to go though. I went to the University of Tennessee for a couple of years and then transfered to Ringling School of Art & Design. The tuth is, the school doesn't really matter. It's the teachers. In both places I on;y had a handful that REALLY tought me anything. But that was over 20 years ago. Lately, I have been practicing on my own and taking a class when I can at the local community college just for the studio space and the use of a model.
I surfed over here via Jim's site (Sketches & Stuff) and have already bookmarked you as a favorite! I'm really enjoying watching your progress with this painting, all the while making notes. And, BTW -- I'm in Knoxville, but not a student at UT (way too old to quit the job and start all that again...)
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