Hello again painting fans.
I’ll be continuing with the painting of the turreted Cape May Victorian house. I’m using my usual acrylic paints on an 8×8 inch gallery-style (thick) canvas.
When last seen, the painting appeared as it does in the photo directly below.
Since that time, I have continued working on the painting.
Unfortunately, I had many distractions this week and did not get done as much as I would have liked. I did manage to add a dark layer of paint to the various roofs as well as the lawn. The street, sky and body of the house have each received lighter-colored layers of blue paint. Note that I’ve begun the shadowing on the house that will become more pronounced as the painting progresses. The shadows occupy the right side while highlights are on the left-facing surfaces. Finally, the tree has been painted with an intermediate color of blue. I will begin to add other colors for next week’s installment.
The current state of the painting is seen in the photo directly below.
That’s about it for now. Next week I’ll have a new piece 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.
Looks like you’ve got a good foundation for this house. 😉
Here’s a link to my rug. It’s all done but the binding of the edges, then I will take it to my client. It’s hard to let this one go because it’s been fun to create and I love the finished piece. But that’s how it goes with commissions.
fer duh, here’s the link:
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That`s very very nice.
That border looks wonderful, picks up the flower nicely!
Oh, thanks, Boran. I am finishing the rug edges today. I hope to get a set of good final photos before delivering it to the client. If I get permission from the new owners, I’d like to enter the rug in a couple of competitions next year. I can only hook a few large rugs per year, so I can’t always spend a lot of time on a single piece, or make one just for myself. Mostly I am doing commissions, and I don’t get to keep them!
I like tones you’re using on the house. It gives a very natural looking base.
In all these beautiful homes you paint, are there any that you know of, that have resident ghosts?
Its always something, to watch your paintings progress.
There’s actually a sizable book of Cape May ghost stories but I’m not sure if any of these homes are involved. No doubt that at least some of these houses would have interesting stories to tell if they could talk.