Dear Subscribers,
 
Greetings!
 
Good week. Two small cityscapes.

First stage: (painted over one of the wipe-outs from last week)

Blocking it in with my knife.
 
Next stage:

 
Next stage:

Refining the focus of the painting: the bus.
 
The finished painting: "70 NOVATO" (8x10):
 

 
I simplified from the photo reference and took only what I thought would benefit the painting.  Between the bus, the street lamp, and the warm reflection of the lamp on the street, I like to think there's a sort of triangle of focus that keeps the eye moving around, but ultimately settling on the bus.
 
Here is that photo:

I'd originally overlooked this ordinary snapshot. But I looked again and saw how I might make it into a cool painting.
 
On to the next.
First stage:

Blocking it in.
 
Next stage:

 
Next stage:

I might have stopped at this point, but it wasn't quite what I was going for. Somehow the blue didn't jive for me. Sooo...
 
Next stage:

.....I go nuts.
 
And the finished painting, "Corridor" (8x8):
 

 
Until next week,
 
David A. N. Cheifetz
www.davidcheifetz.com

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