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Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 10:44AM
Here is a short narrated video of me sketching in oil on canvas. The painting is about 9 x 12 inches and was painted in about 2 hours. The oils were thinned wth a medium of 1 part stand oil to 5 parts turpentine, and occasionally thinned with just turpentine.
Enjoy~
Craig
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 4:24PM ;)
Here is the final painting that will be in the Gallery Nucleus "Poster Peepshow" group exhibition. Come by Feb 5th at 7pm and see this and all the other work, and pick up some free cheesecake or do some life drawing with the Sucide Girls!
See you there!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 4:19PM ;)
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Here, the first shot shows the dark and light sides of the figure blocked in, as well as starting to add flat areas of color in the hair and stockings. The background color and pattern is also finished here, and the drawing corrected a bit with the cream color as I filled it in.
The second image shows an adjusted and darkened skin tone as well as all of the basic colors in the center of the picture blocked in. next I'll move to block in the border colors and then go back into the center panel and make all the finishing touches.
Monday, January 24, 2011 at 9:48AM
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In the first image is a color sketch I have done on top of the drawing from the last post- I just scan the drawing and paint over in photoshop until I get the colors I am looking for. You need a good printer to use this technique for traditional painting. This is because the printout has to be exactly the same as the sketch on the monitor, or it is of no use.
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Here I have transferred the drawing to my painting surface. I am painting on Rives BFK paper that has been gessoed white, and then a wash of brown oil has been applied and allowed to dry. I do the drawing in hard colored pencil, and then start to block in the shadows with oil.
Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 10:50AM Last night and this morning I did a little world travelling. On the internet that is. There are a fascinating number of public webcams pointed at pretty places all around the world. Paris, Alaska, New York Africa, Etc. I thought that these cameras would make a fun way to watch light and color change in these distant lands. Below are my first experimants of a town square in Scotland. This is "The Cross" in Kilmarnok Scotland around 6 am (the cooler painting) and later around 5pm (the strongly light one). These took about 20-30 minutes each and are sketched in one brush with no pressure sensitivity in Photoshop. ;)
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