Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.398

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be continuing with the painting of the 1949 Packard. I'm using my usual acrylic paints on a large 20x20 inch gallery-wrapped canvas. The photo that I am using is seen directly below.

When last seen, the painting appeared as it does in the photo directly below.

Since that time, I have continued to work on the painting.

I've been busy. First of all, I have straightened the righthand bumperguard. It was rather obviously out of line but now stands proudly erect. Moving to the left, the bumper face has been painted to match the earlier section. Moving further, the lefthand bumperguard has now been fully painted. Note that it mirrors the grille above as does the one to the right side. After that, I continued to paint the far end of the bumper. With that completed, there are only minor details on the grille and bumper. to be completed. It is now finally time to move to the headlights above, but that will be for next week.

The current state of the painting is seen in the photo directly below.

I'll have more progress to show you next week. See you then.

Earlier paintings in this series can be seen here.

Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.397

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be continuing with the painting of the 1949 Packard. I'm using my usual acrylic paints on a large 20x20 inch gallery-wrapped canvas. The photo that I am using is seen directly below.

When last seen, the painting appeared as it does in the photo directly below.

Since that time, I have continued to work on the painting.

There are lots of changes this week. First of all, I've finally addressed something that was bothering me for some time. The bend of the hood down to the grille was far too straight. I've changed it into a gentle curve more like that of the photo. Next, I began my trek downward toward the roadway. I've completed the leading edges of the 3 horizontal grille bars. Note the small shadow behind the bumper guard. Below the lowest grille bar, I've added a line of black paint. I will likely need to widen that line to show heavy shadow behind the bumper. Out front, the righthand bumper guard has received the crazy mass of lines and shadow simulating the reflection of surrounding elements. This took quite some time to paint and it's still not quite right. Finally, the bumper itself has received some paint on its right side. It will need much more work.

Looking at the progress so far, I see that the bumper guard will need straightening. Also in need is the far headlight which will need to be lifted and resized.

The current state of the painting is seen in the photo directly below.

I'll have more progress to show you next week. See you then.

Earlier paintings in this series can be seen here.

Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.396

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be continuing with painting the painting of the 1949 Packard. I'm using my usual acrylic paints on a large 20x20 inch gallery-wrapped canvas. The photo that I am using is seen directly below.

When last seen, the painting appeared as it does in the photo directly below.

Since that time, I have continued to work on the painting.

I have continued to work my way downward. But first I took a little detour straightening the middle grille bar. After that I added white to the two lower bars. Each has the blue shading at the leading edge. Between the bars, blue paint has been added. The blue continues above the bumper. Note that the bumper has received some white paint on its right upper edge. There is much left to do. I'm hoping to have this one ready for the April show.

The current state of the painting is seen in the photo directly below.

I'll have more progress to show you next week. See you then.

Earlier paintings in this series can be seen here.

Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.395

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be continuing with painting the painting of the 1949 Packard. I'm using my usual acrylic paints on a large 20x20 inch gallery-wrapped canvas. The photo that I am using is seen directly below.

When last seen, the painting appeared as it does in the photo directly below.

Since that time, I have continued to work on the painting.

I've finally begun to paint all that chrome. For this week's cycle I've concentrated on the central grille and upper surface of the highest of the 3-level section. I have attempted to follow the photo closely. Even so, I feel that the 3-level section needs further revision. It does not seem to follow the photo closely enough in the details below the central grille and under the righthand headlight. As to the central grille, note that the shadowed areas inside have been painted as well as the highlights on the outer section. The horizontal sections also have thin highlighted sections. I'm happy with it for the most part. Finally, note the signal light to the far right, inside the grille. I'll have much more next week.

The current state of the painting is seen in the photo directly below.

I'll have more progress to show you next week. See you then.

Earlier paintings in this series can be seen here.

Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.394

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be continuing with painting the painting of the 1949 Packard. I'm using my usual acrylic paints on a large 20x20 inch gallery-wrapped canvas. The photo that I am using is seen directly below.

When last seen, the painting appeared as it does in the photo directly below.

Since that time, I have continued to work on the painting.

I found that I had to do some further revision of the grille and bumper. Note that the upper right corner of the central grille has been reshaped and the grille bars have been curved a bit. The result is now more faithful to the photo. Below, the bumper guards have been reshaped and reduced in size. I've also cleaned the edges of the headlights a bit. Finally, and most notably, the body paint has received some paint intended to simulate a reflection. I've used this technique several times before. A loose layer of watery whitish paint has been applied with one of my older loose brushes. I've applied it in a way that vaguely resembles the photo. I think that it works fairly well.

The current state of the painting is seen in the photo directly below.

I'll have more progress to show you next week. See you then.

Earlier paintings in this series can be seen here.