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Oil sketch Practice

This is an oil sketch I did for practice. Many people that are learning how to paint don't practice on a daily basis. We accept the notion of ''you must practice every day'' wen it comes to drawing but it's good to carry that mentality when you are painting. It's simple to pickup a pencil and start to draw, but one must not be afraid of paint. With time you can learn to setup in a way that can be quick to start painting and less daunting.

Sports Bar Painting

This was a commission for the Bombers Sports Bar in Downtown Moncton. The owner said he will reframe it and it will hang inside the bar.

Urban Painting - (Part 2)

Time to hit the streets again in downtown Moncton NB. At this point in the pictures the drawing was already locked down on canvas and I was well on my way. I started by creating a light underpainting. Next I was pushing and pulling some of the values to bring it all to life. Still more to come...

I want to say thank you to my good friend Jimmy Robichaud for taking the pictures.

Urban Painting - (Part 1)

This is the preparatory drawing for a painting I'm currently working on. It was commissioned to me last year but the snow got in the way. Everyone knows it takes more than snow for me to stop painting but since the client wanted a painting without snow I had to postpone.

Some of the lines are a bit strange, this was all done freehand with the sight size method.

I'll be posting my progress.

Stéphanie Final

Stéphanie Oil in progress

Portrait of Jimmy

Portrait Sketch's 5 to 15min

Downtown Painting

Today was so nice outside I decided paint outdoors. Here's the downtown location.

The Capitol Theaters is my focal point in this painting. I Usually paint from the center (focal point) wherever that may be. By center I don't mean the center of the canvas but more were my attention will focus. There's always an area were our eyes will give more attention. It's important to note that I focus on an area and not details.

Aways make sure your perspective is correct otherwise you will end up with floating buildings.

More to come...

Photo copyright Jimmy Robichaud

Plein Air Painting

Colors were added with a limited palette of Burnt Umber, Yellow Ochre, Black, Zinc Titanium White.

A limited palette was chosen to help keep the color harmony in painting. Before adding any more colors I made sure to cover most of the canvas.

Once the canvas is covered I start adding a bit of Vermilion and Ultramarine into the mix.

-SOLD-

Photo copyright Jimmy Robichaud