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I'm taking kind of a different approach with these. Direct painting without much sketching (like the encaustic landscape I started yesterday).
I forgot my "real" camera and only had my Droid at the studio to take pictures. The paintings aren't quite this blurry!
11 x 14 oil on canvas board
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11 x 14 oil on canvas board
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I hoped that the red underpainting would keep this scene "warm." The reference photo looks like a tornado just blew through.
I forgot my "real" camera and only had my Droid at the studio to take pictures. The paintings aren't quite this blurry!
11 x 14 oil on canvas board
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Challenging content!
Buildings with lots of roof variations to come, people on the road and boats in the canal.
Not to mention some reflections and water gradations.
Hope I don't get too controlling!
I forgot my "real" camera and only had my Droid at the studio to take pictures. The paintings aren't quite this blurry!
11 x 14 oil on canvas board
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"Painterly Encaustic Workshop" at the encaustic center.
It was my intention to have this be a sort of Janus/light-dark/public/shadow kind of portrait.
It needs more work!
One of the things I did for the first time on this was USE A TORCH. Propane. Yeah!
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