The changes are mostly corrections in the drawing: fixing the windows, and tinkering with the placement of the dinosaur’s legs.
My reference was this colored pencil sketch, and I hope to do more of these tomorrow after the rain clears.
It was a great pleasure to meet and paint next to an artist I’ve admired for many, many years, Phil Hale. He painted a whole series of images based on rubbing out of black oil paint.
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I really like the colored pencil sketch!
ReplyDeleteCan you go into more detail or provide a link about rubbing out of black oil paint? I'm intrigued by the idea as I found scratchboard/scratchplate to be one of the more interesting media I've dabbled in. Is that the idea, fill with dark and then remove lighter values?
ReplyDeleteGurney + Hale = killer combo ! I wish I was around to see it.
ReplyDeleteIf you don't know Hale's work, you could be excused for chuckling a bit at the photograph of him standing next to Mr. Gurney doing what at this stage looks a lot less representational than the dinosaur piece. But, I know that his painting probably ended up being something amazing.
ReplyDeleteYes, Phil covered the whole surface in black, then pressed a cloth into the surface to lift out lighter tones, then refined the shapes into faces and figures.
ReplyDeletei bet that pencil sketch is in Prague?
ReplyDeletePhil Hale's art is so dynamic! His work personifies movement!
ReplyDeleteMark--No, actually it was right in Lucca. I was told that the arch allowed cloistered nuns to travel unseen into the upper galleries of the adjoining church.
ReplyDeleteVery cool. I like the Brachiosaur in modern Italy.
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