3-5/8 x 12oil on masonite
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The current challenge for my Different Strokes From Different Folks blog - a Victorian home in Pacific Heights, San Francisco. Architecture, buildings are not an easy subject to paint - frankly, it's much easier to draw. With a drawing, you tend to pay attention to lines and perspective - with a paintbrush you tend to feel the weight of a structure and it becomes more 3-dimensional. My experience, with painting this piece, started with a loose sketch, then I stared at the photo for a few minutes and put it away and painted. It was more enjoyable that way for me. The forms are slightly exaggerated and the colors were more intuitive in the end.
3 5/8"? Really? WOW! Love the format and perfect for the reference. I just could not get my head round this reference. I like the idea of not being bound by the reference as you describe - I might try that sometime.
ReplyDeleteYou did a fabulous job (as you always do) on this... I had trouble finding a way to depict the scene in an interesting or attractive manner.
ReplyDeleteSo many artists were able to do that... What a great thing you are doing for us... A great way to learn!!
Fantastic version and so small!!
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