Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.446

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be continuing with the painting of the 1954 Hudson ruin. The photo that I will be using is seen directly below. I will be using my usual acrylics on an 8x10 gallery-wrapped canvas.

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

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

Okay, the painting looks a bit like it has been tie dyed. In fact, I have covered all areas with thin watery coatings of color. These help delineate things and set loose boundaries for the various elements. And they provide a weak preview of things to come. There will be many things to come including eventual changes to these colors and adjustment of that shadow beneath the car.

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.445

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be starting a new painting. The photo that I will be using is seen directly below. I will be using my usual acrylics on an 8x10 gallery-wrapped canvas.

The photo shows a 1954 Hudson. This is the last of the great stepdown Hudsons, the cars that took the company to 4 consecutive NASCAR wins in the earlier 50s. And this was accomplished by cars running 6 cylinder engines against V8 competition. But I digress, as they say. This particular example is obviously a ruin and was in the process of being parted out. Yet the photo has an appealing quality, even with the car meeting its ultimate fate. I hope that I can do this scene justice.

I've actually painted Hudsons a number of times, with varying degrees of success. Hopefully this one will come out well.

I began with a pencil grid. Upon this grid, I sketched out the lines of the car. Next week, some actual paint.

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.444

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be continuing with the painting of the turreted Cape May, New Jersey house. The photo that I will be using is seen directly below. I will be using my usual acrylics on a 8x10 gallery-wrapped canvas.

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

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

There are many changes for this week's installment. Starting at/near the top, the shady side third story has received windows. These are actually meant to be dormer windows. However, I did not like the result when painted with the lit dormer sidewalls. So, I left them with only the dark window outline. Next, I've added the details of the various other windows as seen in the original photo. Below, the foundation has lattice and openings around the perimeter. Below that, the lawn, curb and street have each received final layers of paint. Note that I've left things simple. I feel that any detail beyond what is now on the canvas would have been too much. It is now complete, and I am mostly happy with it.

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

I'll have an entirely new painting to show you next week. See you then.

Earlier paintings in this series can be seen here.

Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.443

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be continuing with the painting of the turreted Cape May, New Jersey house. The photo that I will be using is seen directly below. I will be using my usual acrylics on a 8x10 gallery-wrapped canvas.

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

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

You might have to look at the painting a bit but I have actually painted over almost every element except for the house itself and the sidewalk out front. Starting at the top, I have overpainted the sky. I had originally wanted less uniformity but the lack of any distraction might work better with all the other elements. Moving to either side, the bushes/trees newly added last week have been finished. They now appear with lit and shadowed areas. A watery layer of paint gave a bit more complexity. The tallest one (on the right) has received more overpainting to obscure it a bit for the illusion of distance. Below the left side tree is the house's shadow, painted in blue. Finally, the street has received another of paint.

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.