Painted the thin strip of distant hills and slopped some paint on the middle and foreground to block it in a little bit. It isn’t easy, at least for me, to get everything in the right location.
We all know about Linear Perspective, things getting smaller as they become more distant. There is also Atmospheric Perspective. As things become more distant, colors become duller and fainter, and things become fuzzier.
This morning I finished my copy of a William Wendt landscape and my first still life. The still life was finished. I just rubbed it out with a little refined linseed oil. Oil paintings can “sink” and look dried out, some areas more than others. Rubbing the painting with a few drops of linseed oil repairs the sunk areas. Months after a painting is finished it can be varnished.
Before rubbing with oil
After rubbing with oil
This is just a start. Next I’ll rough in the canyon. After the sky and roughed in canyon are dry, about a week, I’ll rework the sky and then begin more detailed work on the canyon. While it’s drying I can start on my other paintings. I’m not sure yet how accurate and detailed I want the canyon. It’s a real pleasure painting on this Belgium Linen.
Finally received the final photo and finished transferring the photo drawings to the linen panels. Tomorrow I can start on the new paintings and finish the two old paintings.
Transferred three photo drawings to the linen panels. This afternoon I’ll get the remaining photo from Shutterfly. It’s the 16″ x 20″ landscape.
I’m waiting a few days for my brown umber washes to dry and for photos to arrive.
I wasn’t thrilled with the linen in my photos so I set my lightbox up and took some photos of just the linen that I’ll be able to use for reference.
Each painting has its own menu item. After each painting session a photo will be added to that painting’s post so I can look back at the process.
Stained my homemade linen panels with a middle value burnt umber and mineral spirits wash, mostly mineral spirits. The fast drying wash is a little thicker than water so there aren’t any brush strokes. Waiting for five photos to arrive.
