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Shrimpers in New Bern 2013

Follow a painting's creation

Study of The Craven Brass Quintet

Over the past week I have worked on the portraits of the individual members of the band. There have also been some value adjustments.

2/24/2013

This weekend I've focused a bit on pattern and texture. I've also begun to think more about value relationships.

2/17/2013

Night has begun to fall on the painting and the development of foreground, middleground, and background is improving.

2/14/2013

Brass Quintet stage 4

More color and drawing. There's a struggle here . Drawing wins. Color wins. Seldom the piece wins. But when it does, that's the thing.

2/11/2013

I was getting a bit tight with my initial underdrawing. So I threw on some paint and made a few charcoal marks. I also made some scale corrections to the musicians.

2/6/2013

Underdrawing has begun.

2/3/2013

After a number of thumbnail sketches and considerations for composition, this 11"x 14" sketch serves as the base for my oil pastel study.

2/3/2013

Today I start a new thing, blogging. This blog will follow the development of a painting based on the intro oil pastel study. This drawing is 11"x 14". Now I have to translate this to a 48"x 36" acrylic on canvas.

2/2/2013

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This blog is a step into the 21st century for me. It will follow the creation of a new painting.

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