Category: Achitecture
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I Will
My last post was a pretty big downer. Im glad I wrote it because its honest. But it also highlighted how inadequate I have been feeling lately. That post was titled I cant. Today, I decided to paint and post again, and I wanted to title this one, I can. But thats not honest. I…
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Canton Bridge: #3
I went for another try at that city Bridge. I should probably go out and paint from life, instead of making this up from my imagination, but its really freaking cold outside. I wanted this to read like it was painted here in Canton, Ohio. Even though this isnt a real bridge anywhere in Canton,…
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Canton Bridge: #1 & 2
I guess Im on a bridge kick? I havent practiced urban scenes very much lately, so I decided to give it a shot yesterday and today. On the first one, I messed up on the perspective of the buildings in the background. On the second one, I messed up on the value, and tonality of…
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Creek Bridge: #1
Tonight, the goal was to paint a creek, paying attention to perspective, and atmosphere. When I started, there was no bridge in my mind, but a bloom seemed to suggest one, so I went with it. I dont have a reference sketch or photo for this one, Im just kind of laying down layers and…
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Glitter War: Studies
My Brother asked me to paint a picture for his daughter like the illustrations I did recently. Im pretty intimidated to paint something for him to be honest, because he is such a talented and accomplished artist. (Did I mention hes the lead VFX artist for Epics Fortnite?) Anyway, I took him up on it…
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Olmacher Dairy: #1
I wasnt feeling very motivated yesterday, and today I didnt feel much like digging through photos to find something to fail to paint. Yeah yeah. I know. Anyway, I sat down at a blank piece of paper and started messing around. I didnt really have much of a goal in mind, nor did I have…
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Hartville Barn After a Storm: #3
I went to my brothers birthday party today, and my Aunt Virginia asked about my paintings. I mentioned that Ive been doing a lot of fishing lately, and havent been painting as much. I am going fishing tomorrow, from sun up to sun down (cross my fingers that this rain passes.) So, when I got…
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Hartville Barn After a Storm: #1
I really was not happy with my NYC paintings, so I decided to go back to subjects that truly interest me, and that brings me to this barn. A few weekends ago, I was driving home from a day on the lake, and drove through an immense storm. When the clouds cleared out the sky…
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NYC: #4
I am really displeased with this one. I liked the drawing, but the whole thing just didnt work. I got into painting bits and bobs too soon. I dont want to do a full write up on this, because Im not happy with it. Im only posting this in hopes that one day, Ill look…
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NYC: #3
I wanted to try the NYC painting again. This time, I wanted to incorporate more color, and rely on masking tape to get crisp vertical lines. First, I sketched the image, using darker lines on the more important parts to remind myself of where the focus needs to be. I want the focal point to…
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NYC: #1
My friend Cris asked for a painting of New York City to put in her office. Her office is decorated in a largely black and white color scheme, so I tried to paint this in black and white. I decided to punch it up a bit with some yellow, as a tribute to the taxis…
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Gervasi Gazebo: #3
Ive been getting frustrated with a lack of progress again. And this time its because I cant seem to get the effects I want. Im trying to emulate other painters because I admire their work – and I never get the same kind of results. I know, I know – paint the way you feel…
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Gervasi Gazebo: #2
I tried to execute my plan on my second attempt. I went off the rails in a few places. Im following the five steps from Tim Wilmots video. The steps he recommends are pretty much the same steps I see again and again. Some say: paint dark values over light values or sketch large shapes…
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Gervasi Gazebo: #1
When I was at the Gervasi Vineyard a while ago, I took a photo of a gazebo because the light was striking in an appealing way. I wanted to paint this gazebo, so first I decided to take my time to create a strong sketch/value study. I particularly liked this sketch, and decided I would…
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Dairy Farm: #1
This is the first painting after a series of Plein Air and at-home studies of a dairy farm on Route 21 near New Philadelphia, Ohio. The first post is here. The second is here. Sketch I decided to try another sketch of the composition last night, in order to try to simplify the composition a…
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Dairy Farm: #1.1-3.4
Ok, Im interested in painting the Dairy Farm that I found yesterday. The problem is, I hate the paintings I did yesterday, and the photo I took for future reference is pretty awful – because the fence cuts right through the subject. I try to take photos quickly when I start because I want to…
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Back Porch: #4
Im a glutton for punishment. I was curious to see what this painting would look like if I used packing tape as a frisket to paint the shadows and chair. So I repainted this chair on my back porch. To start, I sketched the drawing, again being careful to measure perspective. I wanted a lot…
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Back Porch: #1-3
Joseph Zbukvic is my favorite watercolor artist right now. (I know – how original.) Because I admire his work so much, I watch a lot of videos of him painting whenever I find one on YouTube. I have heard him say a handful of times, There are no bad subjects, only bad paintings. I also…
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Lowery Two Color Exercise #1
A while ago, I bought Arnold Lowerys book Start to Paint with Watercolors. I read through the first forty-odd pages and tried to recreate some of what he talks about in those pages as simple drills a while ago, but didnt take on the first painting exercise until tonight. My first reaction is that this…