Saturday 29 October 2011

Fourth Canvas

I decided to force myself out of my comfort zone for the fourth painting.  Rather than working mostly unconsciously and just throwing paint around without a plan as I usually do I thought I should actually plan this painting.  I'm painting a landscape which is very rare for me, and I'm actually thinking about each part before painting it - I'm even drawing preparatory sketches.  This has been an interesting experience so far and I didn't like the painting very much throughout the process, but I am now becoming quite happy with it.  I still have a bit of work to do.
Here is a picture from when I was still quite frustrated with it.
-Work in progress-
Oil on canvas
Music- The Band & Arlo Guthrie

And here is what it looks like now.
-Work in progress-
Oil on canvas
Music- The Band, Arlo Guthrie & Jimi Hendrix

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