Sea Breeze

 

 

Here is a better view of the final product from the previous post.  I have called this one Sea Breeze it is 20x16 oil and I like how it turned out.  I like how the colors play off of each other.  I like the movement, it captures the moment I was going for.

Progression of a Still-life

 

 

Here is a new 20x16 oil painting still-life, so new it is untitled.  I attempted to shoot photos of the painting at different points of completion.  It offers a look at how I work.  I generally map in the design.  Then I add my middle tones, then my darks and then my lights.  I like the idea of a progression to show how I work.  Perhaps in the future I will attempt this with a better camera or perhaps a time lapse, but for now this will have to due.

First Video Demo

OK, I have been thinking about doing a video demo for a long time.  So I thought I would take a stab at it with a quick figure sketch in oil.  This is a sketch and so I am not taking it all the way to a completed painting but you can see the process I use for painting.  I start with a bit of a mapping of the canvas then bulk in middle tones, then darks, then lights.  Let me know what you think.  I hope to improve the process in both the photography and the editing and who knows maybe even the painting (smile).