City grocery update!

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Couple Dancers and City Grocery

I still have detail work to do on the couple.  I am debating painting windows in the background looking through to dark branches.  Thoughts?  I almost like it simple.  Why am I painting this? Because I found a picture I like.

I sketched this from the picture to the left a couple weeks ago.  I started with the underpainting tonight.  I am trying to follow the rulebooks and paint the underpainting first.  (Ok, the dark blue is too dark for a typical underpainting but it'll be fine.)  Remember, don't judge by the underpainting.  They are always ugly and the colors are never final!  This one should be challenging to say the least.  Straight lines are my enemy!

yesterday afternoon

I present my first video in Lightroom 3 (in beta). I have no idea what I am doing...

P.S. I had a fun song playing by the Monkees but YouTube removed it due to Copyright infringement. Boo

I did it...

I can't say that I completely know what I am doing. I also can't say the design will look completely the same tomorrow...but you have to start somewhere, right?

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Painting on the brain...

I painted this weekend (had a GREAT weekend filled with adventures, parties and friends)!  Once I have painting on the brain, ideas pop up at random times.  Normally they happen in the shower or lying in bed. Today, however, they popped up as I was sitting at my desk.  I write everything down and have a bit of an obsession with sticky notes.  (They are one of the best inventions!)  I wonder how many sticky notes I will accumulate this week between work and art (I have several on my office door)!  Those are my random thoughts for the day.  I will update you more of what I did this weekend at a later date!

Poll Results

These results shouldn't come as a surprise (since I've had the poll on my page since December 14, 2009).  Thanks to you guys who voted...all 19 of you.  It looks like buildings were #1 and that is just what I plan to do (once I can get some pictures of my next project).  I am waiting on a very busy (ahhem) sissy to take some pictures in Oxford.  I will keep you posted!

42% buildings

21% people

21% sports

16% abstract