Daily Painting #176 -- Supplies
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
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Sunday, May 1, 2011
Daily Painting #175 -- Bleachers 2
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Daily Painting #174 -- The Bleachers 1
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Daily Painting #173 -- Expression De Boy 2
Another expression for you today. Chased this one for a little while. I'm not sure if it was just the hint of baby fat in his cheeks, or what... But getting a feel for the muscle movement around the mouth and the slight raise of the eyebrows took a little tinkering. It was tricky getting the perspective to read true in the mouth too. I'm used to having more than a sliver of upper lip to play off of. I think that's what keeps the Expressions so interesting... I always seem to pick up something.
More soon. As always, thanks for looking!
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Friday, April 22, 2011
Daily Painting #172 -- Expression De Boy #1
This seemed a fitting send off into the Holiday weekend! Besides, I needed a break from straight lines...
Kept this one fast and loose, and I think it really has a freshness to it. Not much else to add... Expressions are alway fun. Might be a few more of these in the near future.
Until next time. Thanks for looking!
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Daily Painting #171 -- Dawn 2
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Saturday, April 9, 2011
Daily Painting #170 -- The Portal
Been a while folks! I've been meaning to post a bunch of paintings for a while now. We're just starting to creep out of winter here the last few weeks. Left me with a case of cabin fever! Odd how much I missed the sun this year. I guess I don't winter as well as I used to.
I'm finally managing to wrangle my self back down to earth and back the computer. Hope you'll enjoy this piece. Really just a chance occurence. I pass this running out to the garage on drink runs all the time. Never caught the light quite like this. Probably wouldn't have even noticed if someone hadn't left the recycling bin right in my path... their idea of a subtle hint I guess.
I just couldn't pass up that glowing bit of color amidst all the grays! Painting this one was a bit of an exercise in humility too. It would have been so easy to loose the overall feel of the light in all the clutter.
Enough of my rambling... Hope you are all enjoying the dawn of spring! More soon with a little luck...
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Daily Painting #169 -- Mather Home and a Pochade!
Another winter night scene for you today. Unfortunately, I can never catch this one with snow. They're so quick to clear the snow! It's at a retirement community... might have a little to do with it? Either way, the reflections and lighting more than make up for it! Just a great scene!
I sort of hit a rut the last little bit. Really needed a change of pace. So I took a few days off from the easel. Here's the result... A new pochade box! (About 12 x7" made from a wine box) I keep meaning to do more sketching in the field, but the thought of lugging my supplies around usually puts me off or keeps me close to the car. With a little luck this will help break the cycle. Have to admit I really enjoyed building this. I don't have a router, so I had to get a bit creative to get the mast to work. But it was really refreshing to think in different terms. Cant wait to get it dirty!
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Sunday, February 6, 2011
Daily Painting #168 -- Thresholds Study 5
Hope every one in the Midwest weathered the storm safely. As we've been spending an inordinate amount of time indoors this week, it seemed an appropriate time to post this one. I'd been thinking about doing a few door studies to add in the mix.
While likely not a final composition, this was nice as a bit of a refresher. It's been a while since I did a still life, or anything with such shallow space. Definitely an interesting exercise.
Hope you all enjoy the game... or at least a nice weekend. One last pic for those of you not in the Midwest. This is what we woke up to the other day... Man I wish I'd gotten the snow blower fixed before this one!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Daily Painting #167 -- Thresholds Sketch 4
Been down with an evil cold the last little bit. Finally starting to feel human again! Good news is it gave me some extra time to paint. For the first time in ages, I'm actually a few paintings ahead! A couple are real gems too! Stay tuned....
Another Thresholds sketch for you today. The color on this one was alot of fun. Don't know if you'll be able to see it in the picture... The shadows had this wonderful blue cast to them while not reading blue. Took a bit of work to capture, but it really gave the piece a bit of "air".
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Daily Painting #166 -- Thresholds Study 3
Another Thresholds study for you today. I had alot of fun with this one! Got a bit tight in places at this size... but it's fun to push yourself every now and again. Adjusted some of the shapes to allow for a little more extension and repetition. Really helped the overall geometry and movement work together a bit more. All in all, fun stuff! Shapes abound!
Until next time, thanks for looking!
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Sunday, January 2, 2011
Daily Painting #165 -- Thresholds Study 2
Happy New Year all! Wish you all the best in the year to come!
Another Threshold piece for you today. Decided to push the color a bit on this one. I really like the way it turned out. I added some burnt sienna to the mix as it approached shadow, and it really vibrates! A bit more of a narrative in this one too. But I'll leave that to you.
Until next time... Thanks for looking!
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
Daily Painting #164 -- Thresholds Study
This is a study for the Thresholds series. I've been wanting to add some smaller pieces into the mix for a while. Some subtle, quiet, empty spaces. Happened upon this late the other night. New it could carry, but the handling would be the key. So I built this one up very slowly. Keeping the dark passages fairly transparent, building up a bit more in the lights. I also pulled back on the darks and worked in some real subtle temperature shifts to solidify the planes.
I don't think I've done anything this subtle in a single session before... let alone at this size. Don't think I'll be parting with this one right away... But I couldn't resist at least posting it.
Hope you all have a wonderful Holiday! As always, thanks for looking!
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Daily Painting #163 -- Under The Bridge and Demo
Another Winter night scene for you today... with a little demo to boot. I had a blast with this one, it's just so rich! Hope you'll enjoy it to. As always thanks for looking!
This will just be a quick walkthrough as I need dinner! If you have any questions or feel like I missed something, feel free to drop me a line. On to the meat and potatoes...
Step 1 - A quick brush drawing, about a minute. I used a little turp on this one to make the fluid curves a bit easier to grab.
Step 2 - Blocking in the darks. Most of these areas will just be "lost". It's not often you get to loose a whole structure!
Step 3 - Hitting some of the secondary shadow areas. Just big flat shapes for now...
Step 4 - The turning edges and a bit more refinement of the bridge...
Step 6 - The light and glare.... and a few other fun little details to give it some character. Take note of the range of temperature in the reflection from the street lights. Very important little details...
Step 5 - The Color! I've been itching to hit this for a while. Not often I get to slap pure Cad red in the middle of a composition! I kept my mixture really loose for the lighter area of the pavement. It adds variety while minimizing the work later on. Hard to see, but I darkened the sky and slapped some sky color in next to the darks in the pavement.
Step 6 - The light and glare.... and a few other fun little details to give it some character. Take note of the range of temperature in the reflection from the street lights. Very important little details...
Monday, December 20, 2010
Daily Painting #162 -- Crowd Study
Another quick crowd study for you today. This was from a concert a Wrigley Field earlier this year. What a wonderful backdrop for a show! This is a small portion of the larger compositon I've been playing with. I don't normally get this abstract with my work, but the lighting really gave me a free pass.
Channeled a little "Ted" on this one. Fun stuff!
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Sunday, December 19, 2010
Daily Painting #161 -- Clearing a Path
Well, winter is upon us. We haven't had much snow so far this year. But, it felt like the right time to step back into the winter night scenes. I always have fun with these. Really liked the lighting in this one.
Might just come back to this soon. One of my references for this piece caught a sharp breeze coming through. It cast a wonderful tranparent glow across the screen. Haven't quite figured out how to manage the paint quality for it yet... Definitley something I'd like to play with!
Hope you all have a wonderful Holiday! As always, thanks for looking!
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Daily Painting #160 -- Peeking Through
Well folks, I'm finally starting to find time to sketch again these last few weeks. Been focusing most of my attention on crowds and figures. It's always a wonderful way to find "weight" in my figures again. Really helps me get a feel for perspective and a sense of focus too.
This one really caught my eye the other day. Love the contrast in it. Almost pure silhouettes against the space. I tried to stay loose and really hit the big shapes in this one. I think it came out quite nicely in the end. Fun stuff! Anyway, enough of my rambling, I'll leave the rest up to you.
Hope you all have a wonderful Holiday season! As always, thanks for looking!
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Monday, September 6, 2010
Daily Painting #159 -- Take A Breath
Been a while folks. I've had a few things to attend to these last few months. Summer always tends to be a crazy time of year... This one more so than most. I'm glad to say it's slowly winding down.
As much as I hate to hold on to moments like this. There was something uniquely human in this pose. Sometimes when the world gets heavy, it's time to take a breath... gather your thoughts, and pick it all back up again.
Anyway, enough of my rambling. I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend. As always thanks for looking. Until next time...
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Friday, April 16, 2010
Daily Painting #158 -- Flo
Another "Big brush" sketch for you today. Feeling alot more confident with the biggun's already. I've never painted hair like this before. It was fun getting the texture of the hair to read true. The camera seems to have missed most of it, but the bristle brushes were perfect for it. More soon.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend. As always, thanks for looking!
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Daily Painting #157 -- The Boxer
Gearing up for some large paintings. Thought I'd pull out the big brushes and have some fun. Here's a quick head study. This gentleman feels like a boxer to me with the coarse features and exaggerated planes.
More soon. As always thanks for looking!
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Friday, April 9, 2010
Daily Painting #156 -- Sketch for Self Portrait at Window
This is a sketch for a larger piece I've been working up. I haven't been able to decide if it's large enough...So I transfered the lay out for this directly from my drawing. I was surprised how much I was able to get into it at this size. There's some really subtle stuff happening. Still haven't decided if I want to go life size yet. For fun I've included the full composition too...Hope you have a wonderful weekend. Thanks for looking!
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Daily Painting #155 -- Suzy in Profile
I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday weekend! I've been working up the drawings for a few large pieces lately. Had the itch to do something a bit more formal. So here's Suzy in profile. It can be a bit tricky to get depth of form in profiles sometimes. I think this one came out quite nicely.
Hope to be back posting a bit more regularly soon. As always thanks for looking.
Oil on Panel - 6" x 6"
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Daily Painting #154 -- 2 Peas in a Pod
I spent all day yesterday rendering the folds on a shirt. I thought I'd take today to loosen up and have some fun. Here's Ash and Jade (top/bottom) taking a nap...like two peas in a pod.
More soon. Thanks for looking.
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Daily Painting #153 -- Ghost
Feeling out another piece for the Thresholds series. This will probably be a rather large painting. I was really only concerned with the idea. So I worked this up mostly from memory...really just let it run off on it's own. One thing that really stuck with me was how the light fell over the texture of the walls. I ended up going back in with a dry brush to create an almost stippled texture in portions of the wall. The slight shadows it created really brought things to life. I'll leave the rest up to you.
As always thanks for looking.
Oil on panel - 6" x 6"
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Daily Painting #152 -- Huddle Study
This is a quick sketch for a painting I've been planning. I'm happy to say that I'm finally getting things pinned down on this one. This group of figures will be the secondary focus, so I wanted to see what detail was really necessary to hold things together. It was refreshing to loosen up and work things up in a more sculptural way.
I'll probably be doing a few more of these over the next few weeks. I hope you'll enjoy them.
Oil on panel -- 6" x 8"
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