Welcome back.
This week we’ll be continuing with the painting of the grille of a 1949 Packard automobile. The photo that I’m using is seen in the photo directly below. I’ll be using my usual acrylics on an 8×10 canvas.
Seen in a vintage illustration directly below is the entire vehicle showing the grille in
context.
When last seen, the painting appeared as it does in the photo directly below.
Since that time I have continued to work on the painting.
More incremental changes this week. I’ve continued to concentrate my efforts below the central grill. I’ve now revised the edge of the top wide horizontal with more deep gray. It provides the contrast seen in the original photo. The formerly plain shadowed areas below now have their fuzzy details.
Moving to the chrome horizontal below the topmost one, there is now a long linear blue detail set off by white. The edge has received its darker details.
Finally, I’ve played a bit with the reflection on the bumper guard. It still needs a great deal of work.
The current state of the painting is seen in the photo directly below.
To assist myself, I’ve obtained a section of the topmost horizontal. It is the piece next to the central grille, but would be from the unseen driver side. No, I didn’t raid the car in the photo. 😉 I was surprised to see that the edge is actually quite rounded. A photo of the section is seen in the photo below.
That’s about it for now. Next week I’ll have more progress to show you. See you then. As always, feel free to add photos of your own work in the comments section below.
Earlier paintings in this series can be seen here.
Paint me a picture of your thoughts.
that would be utter chaos….LOL
great work, thanks…
peace
Boran 2,
The grille work is coming along great.
I told you I`d scan some of my friend Dave`s artwork, I have, but then realized I could use the google.
Here`s some of his stuff. It`s much better seeing the originals, & I have seen many of them, but this will have to do.
He did one of me cruising Sunset, & as you can see there`s a lot of detail, yet that`s exactly how it looked then.
He was definitely a “good guy”.
Cool stuff! Now I know why you like his work. I see what you were saying about the reflections.
Very cool indeed! Yours too boran2!
Pretty cool looking artwork-amazing detail- and it reminds me of my nephew who draws when he gets the urge. I’ve always felt he was incredibly talented and wished he had been able to do something with his art. There has never been enough emphasis on all forms of art in this country and the fostering of that side of our souls is sadly lacking.
Wow. I’m just amazed at how your skills have developed, boran. The reflections are so cool.
Great work.
Thanks CG!
Thanks CG!
Thanks, CG!
Super!!!!
I was thinking of you today, and I was wondering how you were?
It’s good to see you!!
Me too.
Hi Mary!!!
It’s so good to see you too!
How’ve you been doing?
Well hello, Mary :o)
I’m a busy boy with my knew job and you know, working on Ralph Nader’s 2020 Presidential Campaign! hehe ;o)
I do read your blog every now and then, btw. It’s a good place to git me some culture :o) But since I haven’t come across anything that I have any actual knowledge of yet, I’ve kept my visits to reading :o)
Off topic is allowed.
Hey! That’s nice of ya :o)
I’m damn fine, thank you :o)
And yourself?
Super I was thinking of you and a friend…Ductape.
I miss him very much. You’ve always spoken out and said what you think. I do appreciate you very much for doing that. That’s Super for doing that. You’re a painter type guy. Thanks.
Re. speaking my mind, I have a tendency (nah!) to spout off about things I don’t have much knowledge of, unfortunately :o) You may have noticed :oP
About Ductape. Those who care about him, a lot of people btw, are pretty much agreed and saddened that he’s most likely passed away a little over a year ago. Nothing has been heard from him since september of last year.
James Benjamin wrote something nice about him on that anniversarry over at MoBettaMeta
Take care and Happy Christmas
Hi super..saddened is how I feel every time I think of Ductape. It’s odd in a way how very attached you can get to someone who you have never met-how their words and personality can come through in their writing.
I also think it’s time for me to put up again on my desktop your picture of the red peace sign christmas lights. One of my favorite christmas decorations for my apartment.
Hello Chocolate Ink :o)
I used to think it was wierd myself. Not so much anymore :o)
I actually changed the lights on the Peace sign to blue. Much more peaceful :o)
Take care.
Hello to all my friends tonight.
Hi Boran
you’ve captured the look of the chrome about as well as it can be done with paint. There’s always a limit to how realistically it can be reproduced just because of the nature of the materials you’re using. There’s no luminescense (sp?) or reflective qualities in the paints themselves.
In other words, good work there! :o)
Thanks super! How are things out on the island? I hope that you are well.
It got pretty nippy out here these last few days, but it’s warming up again now. Wierd weather. Very windy too, which I always like. Especially if it’s out of the north because it kicks up some pretty big waves in the Sound. It’s cool to stand on the bluffs here on days like that and look at the waves rolling in from clear across from Connecticut :o)
I’m doing well, thanks :o)