Hello again painting fans.
This week we’ll be continuing with the painting of the 1949 Hudson. The photo that I’m using is seen directly below.
I’ll be using my usual acrylics on an 8×10 canvas.
Seen in a period advertisement directly below is a similar Hudson.
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.
I’ve continued to refine the Hudson. I’ve reshaped the right side of the windshield slightly. It was drooping a bit to much to its right side. The grille has been cleaned up a bit. It still needs some work but now the areas of chrome and shadow are clear. I’ve continued down to the bumper, now are clearer. The bumper guard still need a serious reduction in size but that will come.
A further layer of paint has been added to the ochre and shadowed areas of the Hudson. I’ve also added another layer to the background and driveway. There will be more layers to come.
The current state of the painting is seen in the photo directly 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.
Hi Boran2
Here`s what I noticed.
The ratio of height to width of the image versus the ratio of the one of the canvas is different.
So I notice that on the canvas, all the objects in the picture are included, which seems to distort the proportions of the subject on the canvas.
To see if it makes a big difference, I superimposed the canvas onto the picture.
I can send you the results if you`re interested.
I like the tune-up you did on the lines in the grill & other fine lines.
I found it strange that the undercoats of paint seem to building up to the reality of the image very insidiously. Great one.
Thanks, KNUCKLEHEAD. Yeah, the viewpoint is different on the canvas. I’d love to see your image.
Boran,
The top & bottom pix are unchanged ratio-wise.
I took the bottom image & superimposed it onto the top image.
I then reduced the opacity of it, to see the original “car” through it, & pulled the painted car to match the original car.
I didn`t pull only the car, but the whole canvas.
I noticed at that point that most of the elements in the painted car, (the wheels on the trailer to the right, for instance), matched the original picture of the car.
I really am averse to manipulating someone else`s images, but, I am always interested in analyzing what my eyes tell me they see. I then go & see if my eyes deceive me.
“Are you going to believe me, or my lying eyes”
That’s really interesting. Somehow the stretched painted car looks less real to me even though it mirrors the real car more closely than the unstretched one.
I think that part of the problem of my “narrow” car is my original perception, and partly the ratio of the canvas dimensions.
interesting indeed, but l think you’ve hit upon the crux of painting…or more correctly, art in general, imnso…and that is that it’s the individual artist’s interpretation, rendered in whatever medium they chose, of their perception of the subject.
even so called photorealism as practiced by some artists is a series of abstractions and the taking of various licenses. take for example, chuck close, whose early works are about as close to hyperrealism as you can get. his later work, because of his physical condition, are composed of many, many miniature pieces that, when viewed as a whole, constitute something akin to a photographic representation, but are wonderfully pointillistic assemblages when approached.
l guess one could say it’s what’s commonly referred to as artistic license.
Chuck Close’s work really is fascinating. Somehow it all comes together in the end.
dada,
The pieces by Chuck Close, are (ahem) surreal.
I wonder how he does that. It`s like looking through beaded glass.
The ‘concentric rings’ one is very strange.
Can you put the link to the invisible car in a comment here for boran 2`s visitors.
I don`t know how to put in links like the Chuck Close one.
vanishing car art project via BBC
That is truly amazing. Thanks dada.
Boran2,
I`m` not saying there is a problem with the car you`re painting.
Just looking at the ratios of the car & the painting led me to investigate.
The results surprised me.
You could have painted a full custom chopped top, in the weeds ride from that picture.
That`s why you`re the one with the brush & palette, getting the big bucks.
Did you see dada`s link to the painting of the invisible car?
I’ll try not to spend all those big bucks in one place. 😉