to me and I feel like lashing myself to the mast. We actually have a mast for these crises. Ok, we don't.
This shot of half of a base coat gives it away that I am working on a wood panel. In this case the base coat didn't have to cover everything. The main reason for that is that there will be leaves and branches where the bare area is and beyond into the sky. I don't want to detail anything yet, and the sky needs to show through almost throughout, so it needs to dry. Indian Red and black for the tree trunks; the usual Cerulean Blue and white for sky.
The discipline in executing this painting involved the awareness that one is seeing through the branches to other leaves and branches beyond, and that most of the most distant views are of the sunlit tops. Therefore, working from most distant to closest, the first layers are light and the closer and often more dark branches and leaves are painted over the more distant ones.
Here we are at 5 hours and at the end of the acrylic phase. After this we go to oils because of the nuanced blending abilities it has over acrylics.
Here we are at 5 hours and at the end of the acrylic phase. After this we go to oils because of the nuanced blending abilities it has over acrylics.
My last Redwood. For now.
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