Now I begin to work on some detail and further refine edges, lights and darks.
Stafge five
The face is begining to take on some character at this point.
Stage four
Still filling in some color and developing the darks and lights.
Stage three
Here I begin to add a little color. I am using burnt sienna, french ultramarine blue and white. Three colors.
Stage 2
In this stage I applied more wash to develope value and modeling.
In the Begining
This is the begining layout for a sketch portrait of my son Jim. I used charcoal to rough in the features and washes of thinned oil paint to begin the establishment of values.
Into The high Country
Here is another oil painting I just finished. It is a commission from the Western Colorado Wool Growers Association. It will be auctioned off at their annual banquet held tomorrow evening. It was a last minute request but I applied myself and got it done for them I really love this painting. Colorado high country is a favorite subject for …
Bow Lake Morning
This is the painting of Bow Lake I was referring to a few posts back. I finally got it finished and yes I did crop 4 inches off of the bottom. This makes the painting a 28 x 40. The reason I cropped it was because I wanted to lower the horizon line, thereby putting more emphasis on the upper two …
Gesture Drawings
All artists should know the importance of drawing. It is absolutley critical when it comes to realistic paintings. Landscape paintings are somewhat more forgiving in that nobody really knows if that tree is a little taller than it should be or the mountain has a bit more peak to it than in reality. However, when it comes to fiqures, buildings, …
Back in the Groove
Well, it’s been a grueling Holiday Season…I’m happy to say. Having a frame shop, studio and gallery open to the public and doing most of the work myself (since cutting back on staff due to the recession) I was quite busy for awhile there. Consequently, my painting efforts suffered somewhat. The two little oils in the two previous posts below were done before the …