Thursday, May 14, 2009

MADISON AVENUE

This is my version of KARIN JURICK'S DSFDF challenge. Karin talked about how this project may be outside of some participants "comfort zone". Personally I like to paint most subjects that have interesting shape, colors, or light/dark patterns. However some subjects such as the wig shop just don't motivated me. Karin thank you for the terrific reference photo.

Karin has talked about painting on a black ground. I used a Sharpie pen to darken the background for my Diana painting, and liked this process. You have to paint light areas with fat paint or use two coats. For this project I used a deep red background, and sketched with a Sharpie and white pencil.

MADISON AVENUE (6x11 Oil on Masonite)
One of the problems with painting from photos is the camera records the dark areas as black. However when you are outside and look at dark areas you see various colors. I like to paint from reference digital photos displayed on the computer. I use the monitor brightness control to see allow seeing into the darks. Using this technique allowed me to see the flag on the right.
The traffic lights in the photo all appeard as yellow. However, we know the top light is always red. This is an other problem with photos. The camera will often record bright lights as yellow.

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  3. I love your paintivg.

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  4. Interesting to see your painting process and how you tackled it. I think that's why I found painting the same scene so difficult as I didn't make a detailed underdrawing. Great painting!

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  5. wow, you did a great job on this DSFDF .

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  6. Really fantastic job on this, you feel like you are in the Big Bad city! ;)

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  7. Wonderful! Thanks for sharing your process. I found this a new and difficult subject to tackle. Your version makes me feel like I am there. I really like that patch of red in the foreground too.

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  8. Thanks to all for dropping in on my blog, and leaving such complementary comments. Glendale, that patch of red in the foreground is my signature. Its a little blurred in the photo.

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  9. great version of the DSDF challenge.

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