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10" x 8". oil.I was inspired by Jason Waskey's blog so I decided to do this quick painting. His "everyday" small paintings have a looseness and quality that I really enjoy. I'm working to bring more of this looseness into my work while still achieving tight detail in some areas, similar to what Jason is doing. I like the visual excitement that the contrast of loose/sharp gives, it keeps the eye constantly moving about the image. I feel my drawings have a lot of this and I'm working to maintain that in my paintings. So I painted this painting to work on that visual contrast and tried to paint it as quickly as possible. I wanted it to be loose and detailed at the same time. The whole thing took about a couple of hours--I know, that's not that quick.
3 comments:
WOW! I pop in to see what's going on in your neck of the woods, and I see... this!
It's neat, isn't it, how we find inspiration from those around us. Yay for the internet!
I really like this painting, Casey.
You might be interested in a post from James Gurney, that speaks to what you're working on. It's worth a look:
Stroke Module
(thanks for the shout out, Casey)
Jason, thanks for the inspiration and kind words. Glad to hear you like.
And thanks for the link, very informative. I appreciate you pointing it out to me.
Casey, I like this style (big surprise!). The looseness really does give it a lot of movement and seems to kinda draw you in and hold your focus--even with such a common subject. You rock!
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