Here are three paintings I’ve started. The drawings for the bottom two were recently finished.
On the Easel 6.16.2013
All three are in the under-painting stage. These deviate somewhat from the more strict under-painting demonstrated in the ‘The Call.’ In that painting, the under-painting is restricted to neutrals, whereas in these the local color (still well towards neutral, however) is introduced from the beginning.
In the bottom painting, I’ve removed some landscape details from my original design. In the middle painting, I added the landscape. I wonder sometimes about how much the things I do in a painting (like removing landscape details) effect the next painting (like adding landscape details).
The top painting is a smaller version of a large still-life I sold a few years ago. There were some things about that painting that felt unresolved, so I decided to do another version.