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I Could Stay Here All Summer



Hello!

Here's a summer painting for you!  I finished it several days ago, but just now getting it listed in my portfolio.  I seem to be living in a whirlwind lately.  Oh, and you should read myjournal blog to affirm the validity of THAT statement!  Go for the post titled 'Fountain Square Art Festival---Wham!'  Enough said.

And so the painting---no, I couldn't get anyone to sit that still on a dock that long, so the figures are done from photos.  The water however, Okoboji, behaved quite well, don't you think? :)  The 'formative stages' of this painting actually happened several days ago, here's a look.

  "I Could Stay Here All Summer", acrylic painting on canvas, measuring a lovely 24 x 40 inches.  This is a gallery wrapped canvas, with finished edges, so no need to frame unless you really like frames!  Enjoy!

Later, Cooper

Posted by cooper on 7/3/2008 10:19:18 PM | Permalink | Make the first comment
 
painting more bicycle racing



Greetings!

Today would have been a good day to be like an octopus with eight hands, er, tentacles.  I could have worked on at least four paintings at the same time, I'm pretty sure. 

I settled for one, that being another look at the Great River Energy Bicycle Race.  This one, I promise, will have actual bicycles in it.  I've cropped it down pretty tight---aren't we always told that putting too much in is the first big mistake?  Aargh!  But there was so much happening, and it was so exciting---it seems like a crime to leave any of it out.  I guess that will have to be my excuse for yet another painting, eh?

I have two really smeary images for you, that I'm sure only I can see anything happening in.  Then I've got a third that might actually show you where I'm headed this time.  The first is just a page of thumbnail sketches to help me figure out where lights and darks needed to be.  Lately it seems that if I skip this step, I head for trouble that takes twice as long to correct.  The next image is a smearing of paint vaguely in the shape of the chosen thumbnail.  #3 puts a cyclist on the canvas---yea!  Progress.

        

Later, Cooper

Posted by cooper on 7/2/2008 9:35:16 PM | Permalink | Make the first comment
 
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