Thursday, July 25, 2013

Three Sisters-Canmore-Canadian Rockies

It is a bittersweet moment when I finish a painting. In one way I am excited that it is complete, in other ways sad the process is over. As you spend so much time in the planning and creating, it has become a friend, and in some ways it is hard to part with it. Tonight is the fund raiser for a friend in Banff as I mentioned in an earlier post. I  hope whomever buys Three Sisters Canmore enjoys it as much as I did creating it.

Three Sisters Canmore
12 x 36

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Three Sisters-Canmore-Canadian Rockies

One key part of painting is to map out how much of a colour or shade you will need. There is nothing worse than creating a vibrant colour and then halfway thru your painting realize you do not have enough to finish it. The next batch may be off by a few shades and not have the same vibrancy/contrast as the first one. Now the Second Sister pops from the painting and is more visible with it shadows and detail.

Three Sisters-Canmore-Canadian Rockies

A painting is made up of many layers, not that different from an onion. Now I have mixed my Sepia with the Windsor Blue to create a stark contrast between dark and light. As Sepia is a staining paint that is very unforgiving you have to decide before hand where you will place it as once it is on the canvas it is there for good. The Third Sister is now taking shape and stands out from her siblings.

Three Sisters-Canmore-Canadian Rockies

Creating a painting is no different than putting a barbecue together, making a cake, building a house....you need plans or a plan. On this next stage of Three Sisters I have added Windsor blue to snowy areas that are in the shade. I have also put a layer of Sepia over areas that are rock. One key thing to decide is where is the sun/light coming from, and make sure the opposite side of a slope out of the sun is darker.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Three Sisters-Canmore-Canadian Rockies

It's been a busy summer, lots of stand up paddle boarding, biking and a bit of golf. Time to paint again. A friend of mine broke her neck in an accident a month or so ago. In the end we think she will recover well, but in the short term a group of friends has organized a fund raiser for her to help her thru this journey. This is the first stage of Three Sisters....we all need our friends and family in our lives, and this group of peaks always reminds me of that.
TIme to get back to painting, the fund raiser is in 2 days;)
Bob

Three Sisters Canmore
12" x 36"
$400