Cafe' Seating 8.5" x 13"
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Well, I've had to take a small break from my McMurry color studies simply because there are a few submission deadlines for shows I would like to enter. So here is a work that I have been wanting to paint simply because I love the reflections on the floor. It's the same interest I have in painting water, but it's a simple floor with colors coming from the unknown surroundings, possibly neon lights. This little scene was taken from a cafe' on NW 19th in Portland. Not sure of the cafe's name, but they do serve up some delicious soups and gourmet dishes. Here are the steps to the piece:
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First the sketch on the Wallis sanded paper with charcoal pencil.
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I used Createx airbrushing pigment to under-paint the intense orange and dark blue to give the piece unity. I picked the orange compliment to give the piece some excitement because this is going to be a predominately blue piece, and the dark blue simply because I needed a dark base.
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Blocking in the darks and lights to establish value ranges.
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Working on the floor and seating.
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Adding the surrounding colors that attracted me to this scene in the first place..I can see it coming together now but still much to do.
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Adding detail to the final piece like fixing the windows and door, adding the centerpiece, highlights on the barstools, etc. Finished!
Giclee' print available online at Imagekind.
Labels: blue, Cafe' Seating, floors, interior views, neon refleftions, reflections, restaurant, shiny floor, windows
9 Comments:
Great WIP Brenda!
Brilliant painting! I enjoyed the WIP very much. A winner!
Love the underpainting on this one, and the finished piece is smashing!!
You did a great job Brenda. Wow, it's so great :D Your great too.
Hye
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Great WIP. What do you use for your underpainting? Is that pastel or some type of paint?
Rain
Hi!
For the underpainting, I use Createx transparent airbrush paint. I sometimes use it full strength to get those intense colors. Gotta love those underpainting's! Thanks for all the nice words on this one. I doing some extra fixes to it, pushing back the hat rack and adding a neon sign in the window (I missed one detail).
Great painting, really beautiful..displaying the steps is very interesting !!
wow! I must say that you are very talented with pastels, just love your colors. I hope you don't mind if I link you, I'll be watching for your future works.
Beautiful piece ! I also paint with pastels sometimes and use underpaintings with complementary colours too. I love the vivid colours and the luminosity of your pastels !
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