Sunday, March 19, 2017
From a suspected roll to a learning curve painting Scullers
From a suspected roll to a learning curve painting Scullers
Back in 2009 I fostered a real interest in scullers , played with it, even made a few finished paintings, then moved on. At the time I thought a great addition to a river subject. Cant say Ive come across it much by other American painters than perhaps a painting by Eakins years ago. I know rowing is a big sport, here and abroad. My daughter was on the UCLA rowing team and totally committed during her (4) year stay.
SESSION I
914-1 Progress 30x30 oil on linen (7-24-14)
The morning sun is intersecting the shells bow causing bounce back light so its a good painting challenge - so far, fun to mess with.
SESSION 2
914 Shadows 30x30 oil on linen (7-25-14)
Detail of most challenging section.
GROUP PHOTO (last 3 paintings)
My last day was spent on the sculler details, more and more! A bit problematic because paint quality was hard to maintain in a small work area. All-in-all it reads well at a distance, not a bad result for my first go at it......more practice!
GROUP PHOTO (last 3 paintings)
Sometimes studying a group of paintings like this helps keeps the momentum going in the right direction
Top (914), bottom left (912) and bottom right (913)
My evening break will be researching Eakins. I know nothing about him other than a few paintings in my art history books - typical school boy, pictures were more interesting than print....although still true of the old guy, I will read the print if it looks interesting.
Later......
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