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Inside a Cloud 36" x 60" Oil on Canvas |
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Stage 1: This large canvas has its brown underpainting applied in a fairly thick impasto. I wanted to create some texture and to bury the weave of the canvas a bit. I used alkyd and underpainting white. This creates a better structure for subsequent layers of paint. |
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Stage 2: Here I have rubbed in the layer of local color. Rather than thin the paint and create a weak layer, I applied it full strength and rubbed it vigorously so the underpainting would show through. |
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Final Stage: I realized I had to reduce the size of the Juniper in the foreground because it was preventing the viewer from getting past it and into the scene. I wanted this painting to be about light and air. To do this, I had to keep in balance the individual elements so no one thing dominated the composition. |
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LATE SUMMER, BOSTON HARBOR 36" x 24" Oil on Panel
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A 36" x 24" painting which I scaled up from a small full color oil sketch. This is the first stage, which consists of a brown and white underpainting. The purpose of this stage is to organize my composition and values. |
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I have now adjusted some of the shapes in the compostion and have given the painting a thin layer of color. I am keeping in mind the quality of light hitting the various surfaces and how that will affect its color and value. The painting will represent a sunny day with a slight overcast. |
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In this final stage of the painting, it is important to keep the space receding visually into the distance. The composition supports this illusion, but it is mainly through modifying the colors and values of the painted objects that makes them appear to be further from the viewer's eye. This was painted from a sketch made at Ft. Warren in Boston Harbor. As a kid, my friends and I explored the fort complex with a grappling hook, ropes, and a flashlight. |
