Welcome back.
This week we’ll be continuing with our new Grand Canyon painting from the photo seen in the photo directly below.
When last seen, the painting appeared as it does in the photo directly below.
Since that time I have continued working on the painting. I have painted the deliniation of the buttes, particularly the one on the lower right. That butte is a slightly lighter color than the rocks behind it.
The buttes have also received details some of which carry into the blue shadow areas. Some details are done in a lighter color, some darker. I’ve used a red right out of the tube for the dark areas, notably the details that carry into the shadows. Hopefully those details in the blue shadowed areas can be seen on your computer monitor. They were hard to capture in a photo.
The current state of the painting is seen in the photo directly below.
That’s about it for now, see you next week.
As always, please feel free to post your own work.
Paint me a picture of your thoughts.
For me, this week’s additions show the difference between real artists, and those who play at it or even make attempts at producing art when it’s not a natural proclivity. It shows here in the strata lines you’ve added to the canyon walls because you’ve succeeded in reproducing an image that looks natural, by instinct. Something that, try as some might, can’t be done unless you/they have been born with that natural talent or instinct. I, for example, have tried over and over again to get the knack of pinstriping with a brush, but have failed miserably every time because it doesn’t come naturally to me, and it’s not really something that would get much better with practice.
In other words…whatever it is, you’ve got it! :o)
Carry on :o)
Wow, and thanks. This sounds like it might be a long story for you. But I’ve seen the photos of your work, you’re obviously talented in processes other than pinstriping.
You’re welcome, and thank you.
It’s not really a long story. Once upon a time, Mike sucked at pinstriping. The End :o)
It was more of a compliment of your natural ability. You either have it, or you don’t :o) And if you don’t, most of the time it can’t be learned. That’s all.
When you first started doing this series I didn’t pay too close of attention to the details. Now I do, and the closer I look the more appreciative I am of your talent. And I think it’s important to an artist to be recognized and complimented on their work :o)
Happy Sunday :o)