"Abandoned Beauty #1", 6 x 5" oil on 3/4" masoniteSOLD
I took a photo of an abandoned truck that I passed each day on my way to the Carol Marine workshop in Benalto -when in Rome, and all that. (By the way, I decided to camp nearby in my campervan -there is already paint spilled in there, so future paintings will be good -logic according to fishermen wrt blood in a boat!!) I would have painted it plein air, but it was right beside the highway and didn't trust the situation. So I worked it up from my photo, in my van, on the first night of the workshop.
"Abandoned Beauty #2", 6 x 6" oil on gallery canvasSOLD
On the 4th day of the workshop we worked from photos, and Carol demonstrated a truck of her own. I thought I would revisit my photo of my truck to see what I could do using some of Carol's brushwork and simplification techniques. This is the result, which took less than an hour, compared to the 2 hours I spent on the first one. It is definitely looser, and was perhaps easier to do on the second try as I was now familiar with the shapes. My hubby likes the first one better -which one do you like better and why?
Enjoy!
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Sharon, they are both beauties. I agree the second one is a little more loose. (From what I can tell from a photo.) Since I think we are all striving to paint looser, I think I'll vote for the second painting.
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ReplyDeleteThat truck is a 49 GMC. the old trucks become a better subject with age.I worked on many of those.I must pick #2. the lines are the lines of beauty passed.
Happy brushing,
Pete,Theartbrush
It seems the artists like #2 and the non-artists like #1 -what's with that???
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