I have completed the next pause of my Empire State Building painting, last reported in my 6/13/12 Blog post.
Key additions in this phase include extensive work on the various billboards. This was fun to do little paintings within a painting. This included mastering various scripts, such as Coca Cola, corporate symbols, such as Mercedes, and a really interesting large poster for what I think is a Broadway Play in the lower right hand corner. This has included paintings of a car and five portraits! I also added the trees in the lower left and two roof top gardens. It is like where's Waldo to find the changes!
I have also added many details to the clouds and to the buildings, extensive work on the shadows to provide depth, and a great deal of work on the various windows to give variety and reflections, with special attention to the Empire State Building. I have one more change to a rf dish near the top of the building that I want to add.
All of these additions and changes were greatly facilitated by my Golden OPEN acrylics staying workable on my pallet for the several months I have been working on this painting. I was able to reuse and modify the same pools of color as I evolved the work.
This will conclude the front plane of the painting. This work is on a panel with a 1.5 inch cradle. I am continuing the details of the painting on the edges of the frame. This will involve more buildings, windows and shadows. More darn fun!
My plan to finish off the painting is, once the edges are painted, to seal and varnish the front and sides so that the painting will look like a block of marble and can be hung without a frame.
I have also added many details to the clouds and to the buildings, extensive work on the shadows to provide depth, and a great deal of work on the various windows to give variety and reflections, with special attention to the Empire State Building. I have one more change to a rf dish near the top of the building that I want to add.
All of these additions and changes were greatly facilitated by my Golden OPEN acrylics staying workable on my pallet for the several months I have been working on this painting. I was able to reuse and modify the same pools of color as I evolved the work.
This will conclude the front plane of the painting. This work is on a panel with a 1.5 inch cradle. I am continuing the details of the painting on the edges of the frame. This will involve more buildings, windows and shadows. More darn fun!
My plan to finish off the painting is, once the edges are painted, to seal and varnish the front and sides so that the painting will look like a block of marble and can be hung without a frame.
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