By Dawn's Early Light

By Dawn's Early Light
14 x 18
Oil on linen

I've been working on this over the last 2 days. That's the beauty of studio paintings i think- that you can really take your time on some paintings and really give chase to what you see in your imagination, and display it, and it comes out just like you wanted it.

I wanted to bring Granduer to the Grand. There has been many painters come along, but very few of them paint them with the granduer that they deserve, not to say that this one does, there's always room to improve, but this is an effort that i'm happy with.

When i'm in studio, i've come up with a little guide to what will make a good painting, that guid is simple:
Drawing
Color
Value
Edges
Brushwork

When i have all of those key elements correct in the painting it is usually a success!
I'm trying to analize which one of those key elements and if you take any one of them out of the equation, you loose another one, so all in all, they all rely on each other, and usually if one failes then all of the elements are at a loss. Then it's doomsday for the painting. It's a constant battle, trying to put a little more into the painting often destroys, or bares too much and takes away from what your trying to say. Like SC sayes all the time, how much weight can the painting bare, with a brush stroke out of place here or value change there, it will reflect negatively on the overall painting because it's carring too much weight.....


well, sorry, i can get carried away with nerdy art lingo, so until next time!...
ADIOS!