A bit more progress on the Indonesian cockfighter and his gamecock. There's not much going on in the photograph's background area by way of color...So I'm just adding the colors I believe to be appropriate. I'm still using thin washes to establish the proportions and placement of detail. It's nice to have the freedom to recreate the coloring of the scene from my memory and intuitive process. So it's getting brightened up quite a bit.
Mahalo for stopping by. Aloha, Timo
I've been busy with other things lately, but have managed to put in a few hours at the easle on the Indonesian cockfighter. I'm still drawing with thin paint to get the proportions correct. My canvas is a slightly different shape of rectangle than the reference photo...So the composition is tighter to the sides.
The colors will change considerably as I progress.
Mahalo for stopping in.
Aloha a Mele Kalikimaka Aikane a Ohana.
Timo
I started the painting of the Indonesian cockfighter yesterday and was able to get this much done so far. Toned the canvas with Raw Sienna mixed with Burnt Sienna and then sketched it in with a small long-handled flat bristle brush in Burnt Sienna And a bit of Burnt Umber...Scrubbed out the light area of the hibiscus with a touch of the medium o the same brush then dabbed it with a rag to remove some pigment. I'm still moving things around a bit at this point to try to get it all in proportion.
Mahalo for checking in today.
Aloha, Timo
This old photograph of an Indonesian cockfighter will be the reference for the painting that will start today on the new canvas that just needs it's final sanding to be ready to paint on.
Mahalo & Aloha Ohana,
Timo
After the canvas is stretched it gets stapled to the backside of the stretcherframe. Then it gets brushed free of lint, etc. and given 3 coats of acrylic gessoe, sanded after each coat to give it a smoother surface for doing detail.
I've been building a new canvas in preparation for a painting that I'm going to be doing for an old friend of mine. These are the tools I use for the stretching part after the stretcher frame has been constructed and the edges sanded. A pair of regular wide-mouth pliers, an awl to start holes in hard wood, a tackhammer, 1/2" carpet tacks and a staplegun (not shown) to keep the canvas in position while it's being stretched on the stretcherframe which in this instance is a 12" x 20" made in house.
I'll use it in a vertical position for the piece that I'm doing of an Indonesian man holding his gamecock.
Mahalo for stopping by.
Aloha, Timo
Here's the finished commissioned painting that I call "London's Vineyard" ~ 16" x 32" oil on canvas 2012.
Another start on a non-objective piece utillizing yellow & blue over another old abstract that I didn't want to keep. Then I added some reds...It's hard not to ..The older painting had a lot of warm colors like orange in it. I touched this one some more after this photo was taken of it. I'll update soon.
Mahalo & Aloha,
Timo
So anyway...Back again to the inner visual painting that I began about a week or so ago. I worked in both yellow and blue to alter shapes and brighten areas that were too dark.. (Scroll down to the post before last to see how it started.) Again...the interaction of fairly simple positive and negative shapes causes our brains to quickly familiarize and associatively recognise animals, faces, etc. in the totally non-objective abstraction of just two colors. Yellow & Blue
Sorry it's been awhile since I updated on the current painting project, this misty vineyard in it's full spectrum of Autumn elegance. It has progressed toward completion, but still has more details waiting to be attended to.
Mahalo for checking in.
Timo
