Welcome back.
This week I’ll be continuing with our painting of the 1950 Hudson Hornet seen in the photo directly below.
When last we were together I had completed much of the car, some of the roadway and had started the background. The photo directly below shows the painting as it appeared at the end of last week’s post.
Since that time I’ve continued with the background and have done some work on the foreground.
I’ve decided not to be a slave to the original photo. I’ve begun to paint a large shrub (okay, they’re junipers) on either side of the car. There will be a bit more detail when they’re done. A building will be in the center, just as there is in the photo. I want to keep the ochre color as it contrasts so nicely with the car.
The foreground has changed with some faintly painted ochre and blue. I will attempt to add lit areas somewhat similar to those of the photo in the coming weeks.
The current state of the painting is seen in the photo directly below.
That’s about all for now. See you next week.
Paint me a picture of your thoughts.
What a day today in the Northeast, isn’t it Mr. B2? Beautiful, crisp clear blue skies. The morning sun dappled through the oak leaves that seem so vivid green in the clear air. Days like today are a gift.
They are indeed, Mr.SS.
Boran2, this diary series reminds me of an incident with my father. He made a painting of a picture of a church that I loved from a photograph. The photo had three small puffs of cloud evenly lined across the sky above the building, and he painted it precisely as it was. I insisted that he change it because it looked too balanced and unrealistic. He didn’t agree because it was real, but just to please me added a fourth cloud. Now it hangs on my wall as a lesson to me of what a spoiled person I am.
I really like this photo – the symmetry of the house, the fence around the property, the lacy tree shadows on the street, and of course the car bigger than the yard.
It’s a perfectly American picture, because in the fifties we decided we needed to own more car than land. Sorry to be more responsive to the photograph than the painting, but I am looking forward to seeing where you’re going with this painting. Of course it won’t be what I would do, but I hope I have learned to accept it graciously.
Thanks for all the art lessons!
I used to be more like your Dad, but now I’ll just change it as I need. Your take on the painting is interesting, it hadn’t occurred to me.
I have yet more changes to come with this one, thanks.