Tuesday, January 29, 2013

High Bay View -sold

oil 11x14 inches, gallery wrap canvas (sold) With this painting I have done some experimenting. My photo reference for this piece had a nice abstract quality. I turned my photo upside down for the entire painting process. I thought doing so would be a fun exercise and would help maintain the abstract quality. I also painted without any initial draw-in. Instead, I focused on laying in the shapes on canvas. Also, I painted on an oil ground for the first time and without any toning of the canvas. The painting dried quickly and opaquely. Needs a good coat of varnish. I submitted this to Carol Marine's "Try Something New" challenge.

4 comments:

  1. well I'll be darned!upside -down! It came out very well.I think it's great

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  2. I like this. I think I'll try one too.,

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  3. What an interesting composition, especially those yellow lines in the street.

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  4. Boy you tried several 'something new' ideas and it looked to me like they all worked. I really like the freshness and composition of this.

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