Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Anatomy of a painting

Okay, this painting is my last one in "tone painting" - which means painting only with white and raw umber.

This is the actual item I was painting from - a starched napkin on a small masonite board:



This is the drawing:



This is midway through:



This is the final version:



The best thing about this is that I didn't feel overwhelmed or like I didn't deserve to be proud of what I did. I owned it. I embraced it. I loved it!

2 comments:

ByJane said...

Watching your process as the painting developed is an incredible gift! The final version has so much life in it, and to think it started out as a static sketch. I am really impressed, and you've certainly earned your right to be proud.

Patty Jean said...

Holy crap!