The Arborist
Posted by James Geddes on Monday, June 28, 2010
Under: art
Forgive me for being such a slacker on my blog duties... I had been swamped with work and then went on a couple week paint around and supervising Nancy in the garden!
I have continued with my photography and pastel painting which is mostly done from photos that I take on trips around western and eastern WA. This is why my blog is called Photo Painter.
My latest painting was completed this morning after a day of preparation. I created my own surface on a 16x20 rigid foam core. This required a Golden pumice mixture diluted with water and spread over the surface three times in opposite directions. I allowed it to dry in between applications.
The surface was somewhat gritty but nothing like a quality piece of Kitty Wallis Museum Grade or U-Art 500. But this was the first surface I have created in this way and it is a prelude to a new project which will be a 16x60 inch piece... so I have to use a self prepared surface.
I also created an additional surface of 16x20 on Masonite (much more rigid) and I abraded this before applying the Golden GOOP. This time I started with a garnet dust mixture which is much more coarse then I am used to. I followed this with two applications of Pumice mixture... I think this will produce a looser work so I am going to try to chose my subject accordingly.
The Arborist:
This is from a photo I took last Friday on an excursion to photograph barns in our area... I came upon this scene out in the farmland and it reminded me of a Craig Nelson DVD sketch I had watched only a week ago. So I photographed it and brought it into the studio.
Here is the rough sketch and the head of the arborist.
As you can see I toned the surface with some Payne's grey as the Golden Pumice dries clear. This is about all I need to get started with a painting... This particular one doesn't have a lot of background layers or sky work so it is pretty simple.
Next Putting in the Trees:
This is setting up the background trees and the mauve distant hills along with some body work.I wish I could tell you exactly what this gentleman is doing but I cannot. I would appreciate you telling me if you know. It appears that he is thinning out trees and then pruning the tops of the trees retained and attaching them to the long wires (3). Each of the contact places with the wires have the leaves in tact. You will be able to see this in the next image.
Foreground Trees:
Now you can see the activity as I paint in the action part of the work.
Final Piece with a Digital Frame:
Here is the completed painting with the discarded trees in the foreground and you can now clearly see the attachment of the trees to the wires.
I have continued with my photography and pastel painting which is mostly done from photos that I take on trips around western and eastern WA. This is why my blog is called Photo Painter.
My latest painting was completed this morning after a day of preparation. I created my own surface on a 16x20 rigid foam core. This required a Golden pumice mixture diluted with water and spread over the surface three times in opposite directions. I allowed it to dry in between applications.
The surface was somewhat gritty but nothing like a quality piece of Kitty Wallis Museum Grade or U-Art 500. But this was the first surface I have created in this way and it is a prelude to a new project which will be a 16x60 inch piece... so I have to use a self prepared surface.
I also created an additional surface of 16x20 on Masonite (much more rigid) and I abraded this before applying the Golden GOOP. This time I started with a garnet dust mixture which is much more coarse then I am used to. I followed this with two applications of Pumice mixture... I think this will produce a looser work so I am going to try to chose my subject accordingly.
The Arborist:
This is from a photo I took last Friday on an excursion to photograph barns in our area... I came upon this scene out in the farmland and it reminded me of a Craig Nelson DVD sketch I had watched only a week ago. So I photographed it and brought it into the studio.
Here is the rough sketch and the head of the arborist.
As you can see I toned the surface with some Payne's grey as the Golden Pumice dries clear. This is about all I need to get started with a painting... This particular one doesn't have a lot of background layers or sky work so it is pretty simple.
Next Putting in the Trees:
This is setting up the background trees and the mauve distant hills along with some body work.I wish I could tell you exactly what this gentleman is doing but I cannot. I would appreciate you telling me if you know. It appears that he is thinning out trees and then pruning the tops of the trees retained and attaching them to the long wires (3). Each of the contact places with the wires have the leaves in tact. You will be able to see this in the next image.
Foreground Trees:
Now you can see the activity as I paint in the action part of the work.
Final Piece with a Digital Frame:
Here is the completed painting with the discarded trees in the foreground and you can now clearly see the attachment of the trees to the wires.
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