SIP - Cyber paint-along 2

This weeks exercise is a clean sky and glowing sun. Our sun below is center stage. All the colour information is in our sun reference. So the setting reference will always be black and white because its a supporting player, a moving target.....and should evolve with the painting. In other words be creative!

Moody, the transition between night and day, is more lyrical in nature and more often successful when its "soft and simple". I always opt for simple!

Atmospheric Mood "Soft and Simple" 

Inness

 ATMOSPHERIC REFERENCE

 (Modified Photoshop)

SETTING
The James River

ALTERNATE COLOUR

TEAM RESULTS 

(End of day Jan. 13th & 14th)

 DEMO

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Chuck@larivey.com

Grey Day Rain

Today its just flat out raining hard! Too gloomy to paint! Not much to say except the ice is melting in the pond. Fish are happy.  Spent some time making 16x20 atmospheric colour chips.....nothing to write home about. I should have added some metal leaf.

Yesterday I varnished the last (2) big oil and metal works.....always like to see how they come to life. I plan on hanging both canvas at Crossroads Monday. The Neo Megilp worked well as a fixative for my metal leaf. Happy about that.

Nickolai Walko, a young artist whose work I admire is being honored with an exhibit at the Rutter Family Art Foundation in Norfolk Va. Opening the 19th - The private invitational showing for "EXPOSED" is on the 20th from 6 to 8pm 

Other news, I was just awarded Oil Painters of America "Signature Status", as it turned out one of my more challenging goals. So all the more sweet!

SIP, Cyber Paint-along 1

I thought it would be fun this year to do a weekly cyber Paint-along for those not able to join us every Saturday & Sunday at Crossroads.

January, the SIP team will be exploring the twilight sun, and how atmosphere can affect the mood of a painting. The critical part of this weeks exercise is/was a clean sky and glowing sun. Our sun below is center stage where the setting is a supporting player, a moving target..... meaning it will be flexible and evolve with the painting.

My simple recipe to a good landscape painting is a sky, a sun, a few trees and a bit of water to reflect off. It can be a complicated or a simple approach. I'm opting for "simple"!

Moody,  the transition between night and day is more lyrical in nature and more often successful when its "soft and simple". Tonalist Wyant did this remarkably well so he's the inspiration for this little cyber paint-a-long.

Atmospheric Mood "Soft and Simple"

REFERENCE (January 6th & 7th team)

Modified Twilight by Wyant

TEAM RESULTS (end of day)

 (1192 Demo 1, 24x24)

 (1193 Demo 2, 16x20 linen pad)

Saturday we got a late start - nasty weather can do that! By Sunday we had a full team and a little more heat thanks to space heaters. The rest of the Crossroads complex didn't fare so well. Despite the weather we had a great week!

Share your results with us Chuck@larivey.com

NOTE: Team work unrelated to the optional Paint-along is not represented.

SIP 2018 Starts up this Weekend!

 

I can't wait to meet up with the Swimming-in-Paint team this weekend at Crossroads Art Center. This year the team has multiple studio options to fit their busy schedules listed below.

Swimming-in-Paint's 2018 theme and challenge will be painting Mood. The best way to start January is to focus on the sun and its effect on air.

• Coach's optional paint-a-long (same reference).

• Explore your favorite subjects on large-format canvas or problem-solve an unfinished work to conclusion.

• Discover the value of practice studies and working at home between sessions.

• Learn tips on subject selection presentation, lighting and framing.

• Choose any number of single-day sessions to fit your schedule.

• Throughout the year the team will gain recognition for their work with the coach's "WOW" awards, the annual Christmas exhibit of the best paintings, a chance to exhibit at Crossroads during an open house event!

SIP 2017 CHRISTMAS EXHIBIT

"ATMOSPHERIC MOOD"

Artists, Inness, Bierstadt, Monet, Van Gogh painted the sun and often made it a focal point in their work. Each generation produces new masters and a new crop of artists trying their hand painting light and atmosphere. How we choose to render atmosphere is a true artists game. If you're into it, you'll spend a lifetime perfecting your skills. Great atmospheric works are protected, gain immortality and grace the best walls long after we mortal artists are gone and perhaps forgotten..... We all start somewhere including our heroes below.

INNESS on a wall

 

 BIERSTADT

MONET

VAN GOGH

Each master produced a different and lasting result to a common subject! The suns effect on air,

SEE YOU THIS WEEKEND :=)

New Years Day Fix!

The silver leaf was overpowering at a distance and needed a full day of "slap down"! I reduced much of the metal shine by thin over painting which helped a lot. Finally after some selective over leafing the silver leaf sparkle appears as if its sitting on top of the waters surface. In this case establishing a metal leaf pattern first didn't work well..... most likely because here the concept was fluid and not predetermined like the last one. Tricky stuff..... next time I'll know better!

Without Humans 66x78 oil on linen 

(12-31-17 modified 1-1-18 canvas 1190)