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Two copies.
First is an imitation of Jules Dupre. I don't know the name of second artist.
Re: "Get Low" renamed "Patriot" -finished
So I finally took the plunge and added something to the top left....I just felt it needed some abstract element like the arabesque in "crimson cord" to make it look finished. I like that its definitely finished looking...but I think quarantine has me all wish washy lately! Thinking of renaming it "Patriot" becUse turns out the owner of the silks chose those colors because as the article stated "he is a patriot" and his day job is in intelligence with the US Government. Figured it be great to post it on social media this weekend for Memorial Day. 
My first Draw-Mix-Paint painting
I'm a self-taught amateur painter, currently enjoying retirement, who hadn't painted anything in 65 years, but when I saw my grand-daughter's high school class picture I decided I just had to paint it. While Googling portrait painting, I came across Mark Carder's on-line course and decided to try his method. I wasn't satisfied with Mark's designs for home-made equipment, so I designed and built my own easel, glass palettes, palette table, photo stand, brush holder, and color checker. The photo below shows my first painting using Mark's method and the photos and pictures I used as guides.
I only had a B&W photo of the pose I wanted to paint, so I scanned the B&W photo into Corel PaintShop Pro (like PhotoShop) as grey-scale, reduced the number of "color" levels to 15, and printed the resulting image so I could assign color levels I matched from a color photo taken at the same time.
I welcome your comments and suggestions.
Re: What I have been working on...
These Lilac paintings are just gorgeous
Hughenden Manor, 8x16" oil on panel
I took a photo of this as we went on our last walk around Hughenden Manor before we left the UK so it has some sentimental value. Quite awkward to paint as it's overcast and a bit gloomy but with some light breaking through on to the edge of the field. Might make a frame for this and keep it as it has some meaning to me.
I put a couple of progress shots below if anyone is interested in the process I used for this. Was done in a single session.
Thanks for looking!
Step 1. Initial layout of shapes using burnt umber scumbled on:
Step 2. Block in with colour and approximate values:
Step 3 is just finish it really...
I put a couple of progress shots below if anyone is interested in the process I used for this. Was done in a single session.
Thanks for looking!
Step 1. Initial layout of shapes using burnt umber scumbled on:
Step 2. Block in with colour and approximate values:
Step 3 is just finish it really...
Oxford Botanical Garden, one of my favourite places
My inspiration has come and gone over the past few years. I found that visiting beautiful places really inspires me to paint, and brings the joy of it back. It’s such a meditative exercise to paint with the drawmixpaint method, fantastic way to calm down after lying days in the library.
This is a painting of one of my favourite places, Oxford Botanical Garden! It’s such a beautiful space. Any comments on this one? Apologies for the glare, it was a gift for my mother and she framed it in glass, reference below. I know some values are off, but the photography doesn’t really reflect how it looked that day so I’ve taken some liberties.
This is a painting of one of my favourite places, Oxford Botanical Garden! It’s such a beautiful space. Any comments on this one? Apologies for the glare, it was a gift for my mother and she framed it in glass, reference below. I know some values are off, but the photography doesn’t really reflect how it looked that day so I’ve taken some liberties.
