Friday, December 26, 2014

Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.489

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be continuing with the vintage Boeing Stratocruiser, my continuing detour from the Cape May 2nd Empire Victorian house. I will be using my usual acrylics on an 5 by 7 inch 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

I have adjusted the contrast of the various elements of the airplane. I was unhappy with the contrast of the underside of the wing in the prior version. In revising it, I went over every element. While I was at it, I reshaped the nose and adjusted the Northwest Airlines corporate livery near the cockpit. I also added another layer of paint to the sky and foreground as well as the background plane. Note the dark paint delineating the foreground fence yet to come.

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.

Friday, December 19, 2014

Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.488

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be continuing with the vintage Boeing Stratocruiser, my continuing detour from the Cape May 2nd Empire VIctorian house. I will be using my usual acrylics on an 5 by 7 inch 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

In fact, I have done a lot of work on the painting. The entire canvas now has at least an initial layer of paint. Note that it's all done in blue. I was hoping to convey a sense of an early misty morning, similar to what seems to be happening in the original photo. I was hoping to do the entire piece in blue. I'll have to see how that works out. Meanwhile, I've spent considerable time on the Stratocruiser itself. The plane now carries (mostly) the same relationship of darker and lighter elements seen in the photo. In fact, the plane is mostly complete except for the undercarriage and a few other details. It's a fun experiment so far.

The current state of the painting is seen directly below.

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

Earlier paintings in this series can be seen here.

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Friday, December 12, 2014

Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.487 (Further Detour)

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be continuing with my detour from the Cape May 2nd Empire VIctorian house. In my searches through vintage airliners (see last week's installment), I came upon the photo seen directly below. It is a Boeing Stratocruiser, the first double level plane. (Planes had great names in those days.) Note the rather full shape of the plane at a time decades before the first 747 would appear. The lower level actually contained a curved end lounge with seating all around. I'd love to travel on one of these. I was quite taken by this photo and decided to put it into paint, as it were. I will be using my usual acrylics on an 5 by 7 inch gallery-wrapped canvas.

I started with my now usual pencil grid and sketch. I drew the same grid over a copy of the photo and transfered by eye the form of the plane to the canvas. The result is seen directly below. Next week, actual paint.

The current state of the painting is seen directly below.

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

Earlier paintings in this series can be seen here.

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Friday, December 05, 2014

Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.486

Hello again painting fans.

This week I will be taking a detour from the Cape May 2nd Empire VIctorian house. I've actually been thinking about the trip we're planning for next summer. To be succinct, I hate flying. With my motion sickness (dramamine is not terribly helpful), low blood pressure and the cramped conditions, the flying experience is miserable. Modern jet planes cause me unease on both takeoff and landing. Somewhere along the line I started thinking about old propeller-driven airliners and came upon the photo seen directly below. I'd love to try flying on this old Boeing 307 even if it would likely double the flying time. Anyway, I thought it would be a wonderful thing to paint, and did just that. I will be using my usual acrylics on an 5 by 7 inch gallery-wrapped canvas.

I started with my now usual pencil grid and sketch. Then I painted in the plane. The background came afterward. Rather than small weekly steps, the final result is seen directly below. An interesting detour from my usual stuff, no?

I'll have more progress on the Cape May house to show you next week. See you then.

Earlier paintings in this series can be seen here.

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