On from pumpkins to skulls… this work-in-progress is from another PaintCoach Patreon post. I’m using an 8×8 canvas; the ground is a Neutral (Gray) 7 mixed with a bit of white. I initially sketched out the image with willow charcoal rather than paint as I’ve been watching the World Series, and it was easier just sketching on the canvas while sitting on the sofa.
Halloween is just a few days away, so I’m putting aside painting the Asaro Head frontal view (my next lesson) to paint this jack o’lantern while it’s still appropriately seasonal.
I’m following along so I’m painting on a 9×12 canvas, but I’m also making small changes. I toned the white canvas with Raw Sienna, and used Burnt Sienna to draw out the shapes. The background is a chromatic black made of Burnt Sienna and Indanthrene Blue (PB60, aka Anthraquinone Blue), a new blue shade I just purchased from Blick by M. Graham (the first time I’ve bought this brand of acrylic paint). I’m tired of using Ultramarine Blue, especially since right now I only have the fluid version.
I have completed the Winter Cabin landscape.
I’m working on another lesson from PaintCoach’s Patreon pages. This one is called “Winter Cabin”. I’m using an 8×10 canvas, which I toned with Windsor & Newton Galeria’s Pale Umber. I sketched out the basic shapes with a Liquitex acrylic paint pen in Burnt Umber.
Driving home last night, I was struck by how yellow the sky was, in contrast to the dark trees. So I decided to paint what I remember seeing. (Didn’t bother with taking a photo with my phone, even though I was the passenger.)
For better or worse, I’ve finished it!
After I completed today’s work, I realized that the center pumpkins were all in a line, and I decided I didn’t like that. Bad composition. (See left image.) So I removed one of the pumpkins, and I think it looks a bit more natural.
It’s finally starting to feel like fall here after a long, hot summer. So, I’m in the mood for fall-themed paintings. This one is from a lesson for patrons of PaintCoach. The idea is to map out the large shapes first, and get the values set before filling in the detail.
I’m doing this on an 8×8 canvas, which I painted with Winsor & Newton Galeria in Pale Umber, drawing out the lines with an acrylic paint pen. (Some of the lines are “wrong”, but I’ll be painting over them anyway.)
I did these paintings based on a lesson from PaintCoach on Patreon. The first one I did, I barely looked at the photo, and instead was following along with the video. The scene ended up being excessively abstract (top right). The second effort is marginally better, but I’m still not satisfied.
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