This is a sketch of one of the rowdy boys for the Ferdinand painting. I added one of my trademark animal headdresses to him after I scanned the sketch at this stage, turning him into the feral bear of the group. I am debating what the age of the boys in the painting should be...I think 10-12 year olds would be a good source for the theme of the work, but I'm drawn to younger boys as well.
This is an assignment for Painting 2. The focus is limitation of the colors in our palette. We are limited to 9, but I decided to take it far by only using color in the water that surrounds the houses. I am figuring out things like placement and form as I go, which is not always the best approach, but as a painter it's the most common one to stick with. After taking a short hiatus from oil painting, I'm feeling refreshed and ready to come back to it. It feels good to directly integrate my pen drawings into this oil setting. I'm anxious to see how the final product turns out. I'm hoping for a good response during critique.
I will be going to SCRAP tomorrow to pick up materials to start making studies for my hansel/gretel book house. I am hoping that the gathering of materials will help to form a mental composition for the piece. I have a feeling that I'm going to want to do something similar to the ilu/ilu2 painting in the sense that I'll be combining media in a sharp, direct way. The eye will jump off the edge of the found materials to the painted oil landscape that surrounds the sculpture. I can already tell that this painting will take a lot of trial and error.
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