Saturday, January 31, 2015

Copper Pot

Copper Pot
6x8 oil on RayMar Panel
 
When something isn't working, try something different. I had been working on a pastel landscape.  I did multiple versions of it on different surfaces.  They were all ok but none were great and they were not getting better.  I hung them all so I could evaluate and I put the pastels away.
 
This is an oil study based on Kelli Folsom's video on painting metallic objects. I watched it for the third time while I painted along with her.  She doesn't use OMS to mix her paints or clean her brushes, just wipes down with a paper towel. This is also the first time I used oil primed linen and I could not believe how easily the paint moved around.  These are definitely techniques I will use again!

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Maine Marsh 2

Maine Marsh 2
6x8 pastel on colorfix rose gray
 
The same reference photo as yesterday, I am playing around with different surfaces and underpaintings. I used nupastels for the underpainting and girault for the final version.
 
Underpainting using 3 values of nu pastels

alcohol wash
 
 

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Maine Marsh

Maine Marsh
12x16 soft pastel on canson mi teintes paper
 
 I was not happy with it when I finished it a week ago so I left it on the easel to think about.  Today I made a few corrections and I like it now. I hope to get back to this spot next summer.