Actually, I have two new canvases that I’m working on. I began the first one shortly after I finished my previous landscape. It sat on the drawing board – quite literally – for a long time after I’d worked out the painstaking perspective, and essentially, created a scene out of thin air, a little bit of spit and some photos. I’ve also started a second painting more recently which is an exercise in reproducing a photo in as much detail as possible. Photo realism or hyper-realism is an impressive thing to behold if you can get it right. I’ve done it before, just not so much in oils. I once forged an old British ten pound note and subsequently fooled myself for years each time I came across it, thinking I’d struck it rich…
We’ll see how well I can pull this one off.
I came to the conclusion that I should probably work on multiple paintings, just due to drying time between layers – stops me being idle.
Click on the gallery below to see the layout sketches as the two canvases currently stand. The New York scene is going to be a bit of a guess – much imagination involved in its creation as I don’t have a specific photo to work from. The Venice scene with the fruit cart is of course closely based on another photo of Bill’s that I liked the look of. Both paintings are very detailed and will probably take me a while to complete. But I’ve started and that’s a feat in itself, let me tell you. The canvas of the Venetian fruit cart is slow going, though I plan to work on it some more tomorrow. Both canvases are currently in the ugly blocking-in stage, so it’s hard to imagine that they will look any good any time soon. But, as ever, watch this space.
Ambitious…?
Yeah, maybe…
Great to see that you are still with us and beavering away like a good one — Boom Boom!
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Only just, Argus. 🙂
Nice to see you too.
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Hang in their, Kid. The world would be a sadder place if you let your brushes dry …
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That’s very sweet of you to say so. 🙂
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Ambitious? Bet your ass it is. Good job! Going to be wild to see these develop.
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I know, right? I’m both terrified and excited at the same time. 😀
Thanks, John. Hope all is well in your corner of the globe.
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Couldn’t be better. We have a young earth creationist president who believes guns-for-all will solve all of Brazil’s problems. I suspect we’ll be a global Super Power by June.
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Sounds like you’re going great guns – no pun intended – much…!
It’s as if the world is going through a second puberty. I keep trying to tell myself that things could always be worse, except that’s not a satisfying answer at all. For what it’s worth I am ever grateful to still be here though. 🙂
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