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This is another post that leads on from the previous one. Thing #7 is:
A small study is a huge help in developing an idea. It also works well as an extra source.
After painting all those small studies (see thing #6 maccski.deviantart.com/journal…) I was itching to bust out and paint something big (or at least bigger). I picked out a favourite source photo that I had used for one of my 50 small pieces and started work. After a short while I pulled out the study to check on how I'd tackled a certain area and found that instantly I had an awesome resource. It sounds obvious in retrospect, but I realized that the decisions I needed to make when painting the larger work had pretty much already been made while painting the study. For the most part I was just scaling up. In some cases I rethought parts of the piece and improved on them. With the source photo and the little canvas as a help I found I painted a lot faster and with more confidence (I'd been there before). The resulting painting was, in my opinion, a stronger work than I was previously capable of producing. Sure, part of it had to do with my improved skill level from the sheer mileage of churning out 50 works, but I later discovered that trying a larger piece from scratch with no study was harder, slower going and in greater danger of producing a lemon. Taking the time to paint a study may, in fact, save time overall.
Over the last little while bad habits have crept in and I've neglected the study on a couple of pieces I painted on a tight schedule. Luckily they turned out pretty well, but, with the pressure off, I painted a 60-minute study before tackling my latest painting. I completed the final piece in a fraction of the time and I'm very happy with the result. I have to stock up on mini canvases….
How small is small? I find a 5" x 7" (127mm x 178mm) canvas, canvas board or masonite panel is all I need to express my ideas before committing to a larger canvas.
Thing #1: maccski.deviantart.com/journal…
Thing #2: maccski.deviantart.com/journal…
Thing #3: maccski.deviantart.com/journal…
Thing #4: maccski.deviantart.com/journal…
Thing #5: maccski.deviantart.com/journal…
Thing #6: maccski.deviantart.com/journal…
Why am I posting this stuff? maccski.deviantart.com/journal…
Take a look at my Facebook page...if you like it, please "Like" it! www.facebook.com/MontrealArtis…
Hasta número ocho…
A small study is a huge help in developing an idea. It also works well as an extra source.
After painting all those small studies (see thing #6 maccski.deviantart.com/journal…) I was itching to bust out and paint something big (or at least bigger). I picked out a favourite source photo that I had used for one of my 50 small pieces and started work. After a short while I pulled out the study to check on how I'd tackled a certain area and found that instantly I had an awesome resource. It sounds obvious in retrospect, but I realized that the decisions I needed to make when painting the larger work had pretty much already been made while painting the study. For the most part I was just scaling up. In some cases I rethought parts of the piece and improved on them. With the source photo and the little canvas as a help I found I painted a lot faster and with more confidence (I'd been there before). The resulting painting was, in my opinion, a stronger work than I was previously capable of producing. Sure, part of it had to do with my improved skill level from the sheer mileage of churning out 50 works, but I later discovered that trying a larger piece from scratch with no study was harder, slower going and in greater danger of producing a lemon. Taking the time to paint a study may, in fact, save time overall.
Over the last little while bad habits have crept in and I've neglected the study on a couple of pieces I painted on a tight schedule. Luckily they turned out pretty well, but, with the pressure off, I painted a 60-minute study before tackling my latest painting. I completed the final piece in a fraction of the time and I'm very happy with the result. I have to stock up on mini canvases….
How small is small? I find a 5" x 7" (127mm x 178mm) canvas, canvas board or masonite panel is all I need to express my ideas before committing to a larger canvas.
Thing #1: maccski.deviantart.com/journal…
Thing #2: maccski.deviantart.com/journal…
Thing #3: maccski.deviantart.com/journal…
Thing #4: maccski.deviantart.com/journal…
Thing #5: maccski.deviantart.com/journal…
Thing #6: maccski.deviantart.com/journal…
Why am I posting this stuff? maccski.deviantart.com/journal…
Take a look at my Facebook page...if you like it, please "Like" it! www.facebook.com/MontrealArtis…
Hasta número ocho…
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Things I Learned as an Oil Painter: Thing #22
After a long hiatus the TILAAOP series is back (at least for one post). Thing #22 is:
The more you do it the better you get at it.
Yes, it’s obvious, but it goes a little deeper. The reason I’ve chosen this “thing” is because I have been and continue to be working very hard to produce art for a solo show coming up next month. For almost a year I’ve kept an aggressive schedule of putting paint to canvas. I’ve been keeping count of my paintings while keeping my eye on the calendar.
There have been some dogs in there, but in general I feel the quality of my work has improved. My confidence has been booste
Web Site and Social Media News
I just completely updated the look of my web site to a cleaner, simpler, more "now-ish" design. Please go take a look: http://www.montrealartist.com/
I also started to look more seriously at using social media as a way of getting my work "out there". I created accounts specifically for my artwork on Twitter and Pinterest:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/DavidKelavey
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/montrealartist/
I'd be interested in hearing any comments/advice from anyone that has used these sites for their art.
I'm still plugging my work on Facebook - if you haven't already, please head over and take a look: http://www.facebook.com/Mon
If You Go To Etobicoke...
If you're around Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada in the next few weeks I have a painting on show as part of the Society of Canadian Artists Members' Show. It's at the Civic Center, 399 The West Mall from today until August 27. The reception's on Sunday July 27th from 2pm - 4pm (but I won't be there because I'll be on a beach in Maine!).
I have re-resurfaced again...
I'm one of those sporadic deviants that lives & breathes dA for a few weeks before dropping off the face of the Earth...only to reappear and redisappear (rinse & repeat). But hey, I'm back and that's what counts, right?
My time away from dA has not been idle - here's a run-down of what I've been up to:
I started the process of organizing my first solo exhibition at a gallery (Viva Vida Art Gallery in Pointe-Claire, Quebec) in October. More info to come.
I gave my first ever demoI gave my first ever talkI got accepted into Oil Painters of America
I got myself a purpose-built art studio. Previously I was working in my basement, next
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I never used to make colour studies, but after trying it found them immensely helpful. I just need to learn to be less lazy and impatient.