FINISHED!
This is just the beginning of a series of paintings that focus on pets as fine art, not just as a traditional portrait.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
In Progress... TIGER
This is an oil painting I'd doing for a show at the Anderson Arts Center called "Pet Project"...
Tiger
Oil on Canvas
24x12-inches
I've been working on it for about 15 hours now...It's coming together pretty well. I was really worried about it when I first started the dog because I was afraid he wouldn't show up off the background. I'm happy with the dog so far. The colors have been a real challenge with the orange background, but it showing through has really accented the dog since he has a lot of browns and golds within his furr. I'm not completely happy with the background. I'll defintely go back and work on it once the dog's complete. Maybe it's just too painterly for me right now. I'm thinking a more solid medium-gray color. Who knows, we'll see...
I'm hoping that through my blog, people will come to better understand my painting process and hopefully help some other artists along the way. I'd love comments!
The Beginning...Had no idea what to do with the background but loved the crack in the cement!
The beginning of Tiger!
Close up of the beginning of Tiger. I usually work from light to dark in a designated area.
But sometimes with harsh white lines, I have to put them in as solid white, then come back with shading because it's so hard to lose pure white in a painting. Pure white easily gets distroyed, and one it's gone, it's gone.
This is what I had as of last night, Friday, June 8th at 11pm.
Tiger
Oil on Canvas
24x12-inches
I've been working on it for about 15 hours now...It's coming together pretty well. I was really worried about it when I first started the dog because I was afraid he wouldn't show up off the background. I'm happy with the dog so far. The colors have been a real challenge with the orange background, but it showing through has really accented the dog since he has a lot of browns and golds within his furr. I'm not completely happy with the background. I'll defintely go back and work on it once the dog's complete. Maybe it's just too painterly for me right now. I'm thinking a more solid medium-gray color. Who knows, we'll see...
I'm hoping that through my blog, people will come to better understand my painting process and hopefully help some other artists along the way. I'd love comments!
The Beginning...Had no idea what to do with the background but loved the crack in the cement!
The beginning of Tiger!
Close up of the beginning of Tiger. I usually work from light to dark in a designated area.
But sometimes with harsh white lines, I have to put them in as solid white, then come back with shading because it's so hard to lose pure white in a painting. Pure white easily gets distroyed, and one it's gone, it's gone.
This is what I had as of last night, Friday, June 8th at 11pm.
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