Another week of work on the Liberty Bell painting. Here's a 1.5"x3" area of detail that I'm working on right now. This painting is off to a much slower start than I anticipated as I decided to make quite a few improvements upon my draft. But I'll definitely be uploading a full view of the painting within the next few weeks. I'll be away from my studio for most of the next week.
Work on the Liberty Bell painting is going..slowly. I recently erased the background city views I had drawn and started over. I found new sources and wanted to make the view more accurate. Of course it's a little disheartening at first to go back to square one on something I had spent days on. I can't dwell on that. Instead, I remind myself that my leading principle is to make the best painting that I can envision. If I think of improvements I could make, I make them.
For now, here is a 3"x5" section of the painting, The building depicted is the American Philosophical Society/Library Hall. See some historical images and the original draft below. Here's what the full size (3'x5') liberty bell painting looks like right now, after about 2 weeks of work. I'm using acrylic to block out the big shapes. For now, simplified geometric forms stand in for shapes that will later become organic (IE The bell looks like an upside-down flower pot at the moment). This is the backbone of the painting. I've been taking regular pictures while I'm working so I can upload a timelapse video of the entire process when it's done. Compare the current painting with draft using the slideshow below. You'll notice a few changes so far. |