"Fifth Avenue" - 24"x24" oil on canvas - Showing stages of the "work in progress" and my art studio.

in #art7 years ago

This is a painting I did in 2016. It was done with brushes, palette knives and color shapers. I painted it on gallery wrap canvas and painted the sides black so it could be hung without a frame, which I think looks the best with this sort of painting. This one is similar to my last posting, as it's a bit more abstract than some of my other styles. Photos of the stages of progress and the finished painting on the easel in my art studio are below.

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First stage of the painting: I drew perspective lines and established a vanishing point and also blocked-in some background colors. Many times I lose the perspective lines, especially when I paint thick with a palette knife, but since the painting is a loose style I don't have to be 100% accurate like I would in an ultra realism style painting.

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Next stage: More blocking-in of colors trying to establish a better idea of where the painting is going.

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Next stage:

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Next stage:

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Next stage:

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"Fifth Avenue" - finished painting on the easel in my art studio.

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Thanks for reading. -Bob

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I paint ultra realism but I strive for the looseness you gave. I love this one.

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Thank you so much dbennett. I use to paint ultra realism and it was very hard to change. One method I use is to put alway all my tiny brushes and only paint with large ones. Good luck.

Great tip! I’ve been using filberts but will avoid the small ones. Thanks!