I have continued to follow my desire to paint an alleyway within an urban landscape, and I must say that it has not been going as I had expected it would. I had started out with my initial sketch and subsequently decided that the small format was not to my liking and believed that a larger surface would make things easier. I wasn't entirely correct in this belief.... the larger size and rectangular shape of my canvas has not given me as much motivation as I had hoped. I am used to painting organic shapes that can give some leeway in terms of brushstroke placement. It has been what I liked most about painting because I had the opportunity to be more improvisational with my approach, which is how I often work. Urban settings do not work like that. A certain amount of precision needs to be in place- even after a rough sketch is put down and I have found myself being incredibly wasteful of masking tape as I have attempted to perfect my one-point perspective lines. I have been looking at Jamie Tweddell's works as references because I see such a relationship between his landscapes and his street settings. His color choices have greatly influenced me and I am considering his compositions as I move forward as solutions to other problems which I have been facing. Below are photos of my current progress (notice the masking tape) as well as a few paintings by Tweddell which I have been using as inspiration.
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AuthorArt Student at Flagler College. I am frequently instructed to write blog entries about my artistic thoughts and process. Archives
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