Been working on some portrait practice.
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I find it helpful to take pictures at different stages of the painting process. A photo puts distance between me and the painting and helps me view it more objectively. Photos can point out mistakes in drawing, colour and tone that I may not notice on the canvas. Fresh eyes. Sequence photos can also make you realize that you've taken a painting too far, added too much detail and lost the looseness of good underpainting.
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Recently returned from a nice vacation in Thailand. Miss the sun and the beach but it's time I get to work on some pieces for my upcoming show.
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Small painting of downtown Vancouver. Painted from a bad reference photo which forced me to be looser than I might normally have been. Might paint from bad photos more often.
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Some paintings of Fernie from last winter. Available at The Green Petal in downtown fernie.
Afternoon on 2nd - 12 x 16 - oils
Late Show - 12 x 16 - oils
Night Flurries - 9 x 12 - oils -
Preparing for a new show for June 2012. Lots more to come. Stick around.
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Gastown in Red - 16 x 20 - oilsI've been wanting to do cityscape with muted colours lately, a lot of greys, focusing on subtle tones....it didn't happen.
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