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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