Guitar Player (part 2 - fini)

Hi! I am back after a few weeks off for family visiting;

here are the rest of the progress photos

for this painting.

Wasn't sure what color her hair should be.
Then it came to me.
She's a redhead! - (my source was blond-ish).

Angel       Oil on wood panel   18 x 12 inches

I'm pleased with her hand. Now to find a vintage frame 

that will go with this work.

Thank you for viewing, 

and I wonder how many of you play guitar?

(I do not ... I tried to learn by myself when I

was a teen, but it didn't work.)

Happy Painting!

Guitar Player (part 1)

Painting a series is an interesting venture 

... adventure!

I've begun a series that started 

with this one:

The blog post about Nan is HERE;

 I finished her just about 4 years ago this month!

(I didn't say this was a fast series ...)

The post about Ann is HERE from a few days into this year.

I didn't have a photo of my own that struck my fancy for my next painting,

but I did find a Tiny Desk Concert with a guitar player that had

a simplicity that looked good so I took a couple of screen shots,

cropped them and I started composing

a painting ... 

Here are the first progress photos. 

(The guitar player may be recognizable in the photo, 

but by the time I am finished, she probably won't be 

... I don't even want her to be.)

My board is 18 x 12, as the other two paintings have been. This shot shows the photo in b&w on iPad.

Grid lines and sketch.

Darks going on (made with Ultramarine Blue + Burnt Umber).

Decided on some greens for the background.

I know the guitar is going to be light but not sure what color yet.

There will be a pause of several days here, but thank you for checking in, and stay

tuned for the final! I am anxious to see what happens.

... and, as always Happy Painting!

Salon Challenge #3 (Part 2)

My three fearless cohorts also turned out some crazy-good

figure paintings with their 2-inch brushes 

and limited palette.

Lorraine   oil on canvas   24 x 24 inches
by Timi Johnson

Hot model with a big brush  
acrylic on canvas   36 x 24 inches
by Patrick Ripp

Reds Reclining
oil on gessoed 300# watercolor paper   16 x 12 inches
by Barbara Shepherd

Challenge #3 relative sizes

Our salon group is moving onward with another challenge painting.

For Challenge #4, our parameters are:

1. Paint only your non-dominant hand/arm

2. Landscape

3. Limited Palette - 

    Dioxazine Purple

    Sap Green

    Hansa Yellow Light

    Cad Yellow Medium

    Permanent Carmine

Thank you for following along with our efforts

and stay tuned.

Happy painting!