tjs; No photo, this came out of my head. I see it finished in my mind and I use Marks teachings as if I had a photo, I mix my paints the same way as if I had a photo, for this painting I laid out 8 steps. It`s hard to hold the color checker to see in my head, I'm always looking for photographs to paint, I had folders full of different photos on many subjects. I got this idea 45 years ago and painted it, gave it to my cousin, he sold it to a news paper reporter. go figure. Thanks for the kind words I will work on a little more then submit it. just wanted to make sure I was going in the right direction.
billj this paint will come out great! I love both, big creativity and you really show us how can we work different using the same method...THIS IS GREAT METHOD! :-bd Maria
I wonder where is Savannah :-/ .... maybe outside Shirley's home .... I can see her ringing the bell with... :-t no, no with roses bouquet :^o for thank her for this great idea! Maria
Billj I was just wondering if you were using painting from life here? Seriously though I know coming up with something from your imagination is extremely hard. James Guerny has a book out and explains his process. It might help? But I think you did an awesome job!
Bill, this is very interesting what you're doing. One blended and one not. This is a lot of work. I'm very interested in seeing how these two paintings turn out when you finish.
Just finished my no blend challenge...so thought I'd post it.
Much as I wanted to, I did not blend or use a blender brush in the entire painting.....it was a surprise when I discovered that I rather liked the unblended strokes and was much easier then I anticipated....In the future...I will be incorporating this no blend into my work as well...
when I finished the background...I diluted the paint very, very thin and overlapped my strokes..giving the illusiion of blending but it is not...the painting has lots of texture in it and I knew I needed a quiet background...(more smooth)....
About the still life...at a yard sale I found this old silver pot...it was broken, only has 3 legs....and badly tarnished...I'd never painted silver before...purchased a mini watermelon, and made coffee filter roses that I dyed with diluted food coloring and did my set up...
Awesome Savannah. Love this painting, especially the teapot. Your brushstrokes and colors infused a cold metal object with life and personality. I want to reach out and touch it. Thanks for managing this challenge thread. I really had fun watching and participating .
This is lovely Savannah.... I agree with Denis about the appearance of the teapot floating... but knowing you that might have been you intention! ;;) As I told you in another thread.. what struck me immediately was the fact that your distinct style (which I love) comes through brilliantly even without blending... you still manage to maintain the softness of you work... amazing! :-bd
Dencal & Shirley...thanks for bring the "floating" to my attention....I didn't notice it...I rechecked my photo that I painted from and it my values are really off underneath the pot......so since the paint is still very wet...I can correct...appreciate your help! And Shirley...for once, this is a legitimate mistake on my part...I tried to paint a "normal" painting and see...it didn't work...ha!
Will post another picture after I correct it.....
Cin D....your sweet...the silver was pretty easy to paint (my first time at it)...in fact...the no blend worked perfectly for this...
BillJ...thanks so much...when I first started painting...I was taught to blend...so hard habits are hard to break...
Dencal & Shirley kindly told me "my teapot" was floating... ( and it was...so this 2nd photo is what I did to remedy the problem, I tried to fix it......hopefully it is better...appreciate any feed back on revisions...thanks!
Savannah it's just gorgeous! It really does look like a Savannah painting. The colors are just beautiful and I love your comp. I agree with Maria - Brava! ^:)^ ^:)^
Well here it is. Tried to do something different. With the architecture I didn't want it to look so hard lined where I'd normally just blend. So this was trickey for me. Last one. Thanks for the great idea. Wonderful Challenge!!!
@Savannah .... It looks terrific!! I love it!! The colors look even more awesome if that is possible! @tjs ... oh this is excellent!!! I would imagine this is closer to the "looser" style of painting that you have found to be so elusive in the past? You can stop searching now... I think you found it!!!!
@tjs I can't string enough superlatives in a row at this painting. Whatever you did in the creation of this piece, do it some more. This is 5 kinds of awesome.
Beautifully painted tj. The no blending is perfect for this scene. I'm trying to decide which part is my favorite. I love the lettering. I also love all the items in the window. A painting I could stare at just wondering what all was in that neat shop. =D>
Thank you Harrell, Martin, Shirley, Opnwyder (Our resident dentist,) Robert, Cynthia, Cin_D, Savannah, Merrit and Ronna! Wow I honestly wasn't sure of this one. It's got some 'wobbly' places in it but Mark said he'd rather see things off than fixed and blended.
Harrell this is from my hometown, Seattle. The pioneer square you are thinking of is it Portland, Oregon? I've never been to that one before. Now I'll have to visit it!
Shirley you know how much I've been trying to paint looser! I've been such a whinner about it for so many years. Thought for sure I'd have to switch methods to do that. Before my mom passed away, she watched part of Mark's DVD. She said it wasn't the method (which she thought was great) it was my interpretation of it! Mom's are always right.
She said paint it like he says too just paint the big spaces -no details and use lots and lots of paint. But I still think it needs some pinache? Maybe the next challenge will help with that!
The writing at the top? With all that paint I knew I'd mess that up so I let it dry first. Then it was really easy to do. AND NO BLENDING!!! It was so easy!
Hi TJ - If you're in Seattle, we're almost neighbors. I live about 2 hours south of Portland in Oregon Duck country (Eugene). There is a Pioneer (Courthouse) Square in Portland as well. Seattle and Portland are both gorgeous cities! We're pretty fortunate to live in the northwest.
You should be very proud of this painting - it's pleasing on so many levels...color, composition, style, mood...it has everything! Congratulations!
Thank you Marieb, Harrell and Billj for taking the time to post. Harrell the PNW, even though I complain about the rain it will always feel like home to me
Jdcr you just made my day, my week - heck my year!!! I have always loved the Ashcan artists but never considered even looking at this genre for inspiration.
I'm doing a bunch of oil paintings for my sister in exchange for an antique of hers. When she sent me the photo she wanted painted although lovely it didn't have that "grit" to it that downtown Seattle has. So I tried to get a bit of that feeling as opposed to something just pretty looking. Plus I really love urban and industrial landscapes.
I think I'm going to change my master to try to emulate for the next challenge!
Wow guys, such wonderful pieces on the site! @TJS, @Cin_D, @PhilCouture, @Shirley_Seput just to name a few of the new ones I've seen. Fantastic seeing such beautiful works.
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I love both, big creativity and you really show us how can we work different using the same method...THIS IS GREAT METHOD!
:-bd
Maria
Maria
Imaginative Realism
http://jamesgurney.com/site/241/241
LOVELY!
Garry
Maria
Much as I wanted to, I did not blend or use a blender brush in the entire painting.....it was a surprise when I discovered that I rather liked the unblended strokes and was much easier then I anticipated....In the future...I will be incorporating this no blend into my work as well...
when I finished the background...I diluted the paint very, very thin and overlapped my strokes..giving the illusiion of blending but it is not...the painting has lots of texture in it and I knew I needed a quiet background...(more smooth)....
About the still life...at a yard sale I found this old silver pot...it was broken, only has 3 legs....and badly tarnished...I'd never painted silver before...purchased a mini watermelon, and made coffee filter roses that I dyed with diluted food coloring and did my set up...
Great no blending work. A lovely soft treatment of edges and values.
Teapot appears to float above the table.
If the pot is hallmarked silver it will be worth while getting the leg repaired.
Denis
As I told you in another thread.. what struck me immediately was the fact that your distinct style (which I love) comes through brilliantly even without blending... you still manage to maintain the softness of you work... amazing! :-bd
Will post another picture after I correct it.....
Cin D....your sweet...the silver was pretty easy to paint (my first time at it)...in fact...the no blend worked perfectly for this...
BillJ...thanks so much...when I first started painting...I was taught to blend...so hard habits are hard to break...
Greendl...your fantastic for saying so........
This is much more grounded now.
The fourth leg (out of sight) of the pot appears to be dangling in mid air with this new edge placement?
A horizontal and vertical axis line through the pot and through the plate will show a little divergence.
Minor issues, really of no importance in such a beautiful painting.
Denis
Well here it is. Tried to do something different. With the architecture I didn't want it to look so hard lined where I'd normally just blend. So this was trickey for me. Last one. Thanks for the great idea. Wonderful Challenge!!!
Pioneer Square - 11x14
Sorry about the shiny areas....
@tjs ... oh this is excellent!!! I would imagine this is closer to the "looser" style of painting that you have found to be so elusive in the past? You can stop searching now... I think you found it!!!!
Harrell this is from my hometown, Seattle. The pioneer square you are thinking of is it Portland, Oregon? I've never been to that one before. Now I'll have to visit it!
Shirley you know how much I've been trying to paint looser! I've been such a whinner about it for so many years. Thought for sure I'd have to switch methods to do that. Before my mom passed away, she watched part of Mark's DVD. She said it wasn't the method (which she thought was great) it was my interpretation of it! Mom's are always right.
She said paint it like he says too just paint the big spaces -no details and use lots and lots of paint. But I still think it needs some pinache? Maybe the next challenge will help with that!
The writing at the top? With all that paint I knew I'd mess that up so I let it dry first. Then it was really easy to do. AND NO BLENDING!!! It was so easy!
You should be very proud of this painting - it's pleasing on so many levels...color, composition, style, mood...it has everything! Congratulations!
Eager to see more of your work.
Sue
I'm doing a bunch of oil paintings for my sister in exchange for an antique of hers. When she sent me the photo she wanted painted although lovely it didn't have that "grit" to it that downtown Seattle has. So I tried to get a bit of that feeling as opposed to something just pretty looking. Plus I really love urban and industrial landscapes.
I think I'm going to change my master to try to emulate for the next challenge!
Oh, my god, it's stunning!!!! I love this painting, Anderson. WOW. WOW, WOW, WOW!