Hello again painting fans.
This week I will be continuing with the Cape May, New Jersey street scene. The photo that I’m using is seen directly below. I’ll be using my usual acrylic paints on a 5×7 inch canvas.
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.
For this week’s cycle I’ve concentrated most of my efforts on the fencing, steps and plants in the vicinity. I’ve now added the vertical fence pickets and the steps to the rear. Note the shadows and lit portions of the fencing. I’ve also started the shadowed portions of the bushes. These will have much more in the way of refinement by next week.
The current state of the painting is seen in the photo directly below.
I’ll have more progress to show you next week. See you then.
Earlier paintings in this series can be seen here. (Currently under construction.)
Open it is.
Always good to see these diaries each week, and to see the process you go through with each painting.
It was a busy week for me, capped off with a good deal of running errands Saturday. I have learned from one of my young ones that “thrifting” (middle class folks going to thrift stores to score cheap clothing items) is a thing with the kids these days. One way to score some designer items. Can’t complain about the prices. At the same time, I can’t help but wonder if this is what the beginning stages of a scavenger economy look like – something that crosses my mind from time to time since the so-called Great Recession started.
My son has been to the local Goodwill with his friends looking for cool t-shirts. They have racks of them there. When I’ve been in there it seems like there are more folks of means than not. Perhaps you are right.
The rage among the more affluent kids in my community is to find Tommy Hilfiger clothing. Apparently, Goodwill is an ideal place to score a lot that brand’s merch. And I could not help but notice that the vibe was very middle-class at our local Goodwill. We went to a Savers as well, and its client base was generally elderly. At the moment, I only have a small sample of observations – but I suspect I will be on more thrifting excursions before all is said and done.