Progression Painting - Swimming in Paint # 4

COMPLETED PAINTING

Morning Dance 16x20 oil on linen (6-22-16 canvas 1053)

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For those who will attend Swimming in Paint #4 Saturday and those who want to try this at home, I made a progression of how the painting was developed using the (2) photo references(last post).

I'm not sure this needs a lot of explanation other than every once in awhile step back 20 to 30 feet to make sure it feels right and correct anything that doesn't. 

Try looking at the different colour shapes and reproducing them- broadly at first and keep refining your shapes until the overall effect is captured. Remember if you get the overall shape of anything right the rest will fall into place easier.

Swimming in paint is about using more paint than medium. The medium merely makes paint flow effortlessly - move it around and have fun!

I used a small 16x20 canvas. I'll save the energy for the 30x30 demo Saturday.

 

 Good luck......send me your results:=) Chuck@larivey.com

The sun was actually painted from life - I looked up, there it was...so why not. It was also a very good match to the sun reference  for our Saturday project.

SOME REDLINED AREAS BUGGING ME!

 Morning Dance 16x20 oil on linen (6-22-16 canvas 1053)