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, the painting appears as it does directly below.
Since last week I have spent time working on the roadway. As I indicated last week, it would change. It actually went through several phases but I was unable to paint the tree shadows. At least I was unable to paint them in a way that I found to be satisfactory. So I went with something that conveys a mottled road surface. It is seen in the photo directly below, an image that depicts the current state of the painting. The roadway is done in various grays with a few splashes of green.
Next week I will have the exciting conclusion to this cycle. See you then.
Paint me a picture of your thoughts.
Revisionist history
Iayyyyyyyyyyyy…..LIKE IT!!
OK, I won’t suggest flames again. . .sob! It would be interesting, however, to see some thumbnails of various points in the painting. I like the changes in the road a lot, really makes the car stand out.
The car also seems to have little bits darker or brighter that make it stand out a bit more, like here and there on the chrome, and deeper black near the bottom along the base.
What I most wonder about, however, is about the inside of the car (or through-the-windows, if the car is empty, as it is in the photo). I don’t exactly expect to see Froggie waving out the window of the car, but right now those gleaming bits on the chrome really draw my eyes to the windows. The car looks lit up!
I actually did add additional highlights to the chrome on the bottom of the car. 50’s vehicles did have extensive and very shiny chrome. This model of Hudson is actually quite tasteful for the period. But painting the interior is something I hope to avoid, although I have done a car interior at least once before. It would probably add a bit too much to this small 8×10 canvas.