So i re-learned some fundamental things about myself. When I make paintings, I have to be patient and I have to baby-step into them. In the first Carmello's painting, I dived right in and began on the brick oven because I was excited to get into the paint mixing. Turns out, (and now i recall) that in order for me to do good and significantly less frustrating painting, I need a plan. I have to draw out everything, assess values, and then mix. I see such greater hope for this new painting. The drawing is 80% on there. I will continue to add details to the background and the elements on the table, but it just feels like it's in a good place. I've decided to devote all of Monday to applying the first real paint to it. I've discovered that layering pigment like Vermeer, fiddling with underpainting, is a waste of time for an impasto painter like myself. Anyway, I'm excited.
Tuesday and part of Wednesday I'm going on a roadtrip to Atlanta with my Best Good Friend, Yoda (Theresa.) And I will enjoy the change of scene, company, and music before returning to my painting. We'll see how it goes. :)
this is and will be beautiful....wow....i love pizza.
ReplyDeletethey;re like ghosts.
needs some women and kids in the painting, old guys are boring
ReplyDeletebuzz kill. Talk to my patron.
ReplyDeletethe other paintings will have women and children. and the bridge of lions is going to be visible through one of the windows.
If anyone can make old guys fascinating you can, this is a georgeous underpainting...one day they will exray this to see how the master worked....
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ReplyDeleteIs this commission replacing the shitty mural? The kids need to be pulling slices off the platter with long gooey strands irking across the surface.
ReplyDeleteThank's Loren! :) Sadly...the shitty mural is going to stay. The paintings are going over in the Pizzeria room that they just opened.
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