This painting was a true doodleism in that I used nothing but doodles to establish the drawing. I decided to go for a more "Dali-esque" style for this one, he often used big skies and floating elongated objects, as well as desert-like landscapes. This painting has all of those elements, and also a sort of stormy angst in the background. The screaming figure in the background is reminiscent of the famous painting by Munch 'The Scream'. I suppose I have reached a point in my painting where I do not minding 'paying hommage', as many movie directors also do.
I'll talk a moment on brushes, because at the end of the day the quality of your brushes counts for a lot. When you first buy a brush it usually has a really sharp edge that take a little while before it can soften up a bit and be more useful, then for a long time it will keep it's properties. But after a lot of use the brush gets frayed and eventually looses it's edge. One frayed, the brush is not very good for details, but it is still very good for other techniques like blending colours on the page, or lifting paint, as well as filling large areas. Some of these techniques especially lifting dry paint layers is very hard on the brush, so I only use my older brushes for this technique, saving the new brush for the details.
14x11" cold press. 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Wing and Prayer
This painting was a true doodleism in that I used nothing but doodles to establish the drawing. I decided to go for a more "Dali-esque" style for this one, he often used big skies and floating elongated objects, as well as desert-like landscapes. This painting has all of those elements, and also a sort of stormy angst in the background. The screaming figure in the background is reminiscent of the famous painting by Munch 'The Scream'. I suppose I have reached a point in my painting where I do not minding 'paying hommage', as many movie directors also do.
I'll talk a moment on brushes, because at the end of the day the quality of your brushes counts for a lot. When you first buy a brush it usually has a really sharp edge that take a little while before it can soften up a bit and be more useful, then for a long time it will keep it's properties. But after a lot of use the brush gets frayed and eventually looses it's edge. One frayed, the brush is not very good for details, but it is still very good for other techniques like blending colours on the page, or lifting paint, as well as filling large areas. Some of these techniques especially lifting dry paint layers is very hard on the brush, so I only use my older brushes for this technique, saving the new brush for the details.
14x11" cold press. 2010
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