I went out to Elysian Park today with a couple other painters, Jose and Laurie, and fell in love with all the views! I brought this 18 by 24 canvas and had at this one. I kept the painting brushy but the paint was very watery with lots of gamsol and liquin. I used the color shapes to feel out the composition and then started drawing lines to refine things. when I got back to the studio, I fixed the lines down with more diluted liquin and a mouth atomizer.
3 comments:
What you have cooking is a classic Mr Schaefer. Could you save it for the Jose Vera show you think? That is, if you don't sell straight away because it *will* be sold.
I love your approach to this painting and want to understand more about how you do your magic with the liquin spray to cement the charcoal drawing. You're so right about this being a great composition
I posted a short youtube video showing the mouth atomizer for everyone's edification! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSkQmr62D_I
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