Here's a painting I worked on in class for several weeks--2-3 hours at a time. It took me a long time to get it going. It looked like an underpainting for about 5 weeks. Then something clicked and I finished it in 3 sessions. It still needs some work, but I'm going to let it dry first. Sorry for the shitty photo. It's 24x13, oil on panel.
4 comments:
nice water. that's by far my favorite part. even if the painting was just that wave it would be sweet i think. i'm curious how you painted the water...what colors, layers, mediums and stuff.
i also like the shark's open mouth.
the boy's face i don't like as much...because with the deep, ominous wave and the dark open shark mouth and then a cartoony face...it might be stronger if the face was also more ominous looking...or maybe just more realistic looking to match the rest...i dunno...
what did you use to paint this? like source material wise. did you just paint it or were you looking at pictures or what?
also i think your use of color is getting better...it's neat how you used all warm colors around the bed and the pajamas, and the wave and the shark are painted with very cool colors...the painting's like a yin-yang of warm/cool...
amazing draftsmanship as always.
i think this shark just wants to be loved...
i love the way the bed blue color looks with the water and how the bars of the bed are like a big complex bandaid connecting the foreground to the background,
you prolly plan to darken the jammies and kid which is where i would go next with a little reflected blue in the bottom
its a fantastic scene, i like floating people...
it makes me think of your uncanny ability to remember your dreams.
that water is lovely. nice composition.
Thanks for the comments and suggestions.
The shark was the only thing I had reference for (google images). The rest was out of my head--and I think it shows. The best parts about the water were accidents. I'm not sure I could do it again. Yeah, I hate the kid's face, his pose--everything about him. I waited until the end to paint him because I knew it would suck. I have a hard time painting small. I don't have the control yet.
Wow, it is a yin-yang. I hadn't noticed that.
Travis is right. The shark is friendly and came in just to tell the boy a bedtime story: whoosh! ONCE UPON A TIME!!! Ahhhhhh!
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