Welcome back.
This week we will be continuing with the painting of the (West) Cape May Victorian house. The photo that I’m using is seen directly below.
I am doing this piece in my usual acrylics in an 8×10 format.
When last seen, the painting appeared as it does in the photo seen directly below.
Since that time I have continued to work on the painting.
Appearing for the first time is the building appearing in the distance, to the left side. In front stands a car (A ’49 Nash, of course!) lit from the left as is the main house. These fill the void on that side of the painting and provide a visual balance.
I’m not satisfied with the way these new elements are painted. Both the car and building behind it are a bit too grainy. I’ll have them revised for next week’s cycle.
The current state of the painting is seen in the photo directly below. (Note that I had the camera on the wrong setting for white balance when I took this photo, only discovered afterwards.)
That’s about it for now. I’ll see you next week with more progress on this piece. As always, feel free to add photos of your own work in the comments section below.
Paint me a picture of your thoughts.
Good day, Boran2,
The big surprise is just how much your addition of the old Nash, to the canvas, gives life & context to the house & the painting overall.
How did you come up with that. I can see a modern car in the photo, but it`s obvious in your interpretation of the canvas as a whole, & the car in particular, that it evokes a long ago memory of the familial center of life in those earlier days. It`s also surprising that while it was only less than 60 years ago, & that your painting easily brings back, “the good old days”, things seem so radically different now, making the painting an iconic one.
Very nice, plus I share the same birth year as the Nash, which might make me a little partial to the result, as I see it.
Thanks, Knucklehead, I love old cars particularly those ’49-’51 Nashes. It just seemed a natural fit with this house.
oooh yes, the good ol’ days…..mine was a 47 Hudson ; )
cheap gas, foot long hot dog, milk shake,and a cruise around the burger palace, where they waited on cars wearing roller skates….drive in movies, where……well, another time…LOL
keep up the great work on the painting.
peace
Another time for sure. We had a ’54 Chevy long after such things were considered the height of fashion. But I wish that it was here now. Good luck with your move.