This is a new painting I've been working on the last couple of days. I've been working outside and today it decided to drizzle, then rain enough that I had to call it quits. I could have moved back into the studio, but there's other work to be done today, so this is it for now. I need a sunshine to take a fresh look at it, then add just a FEW more elements (you'd better hold me to that, I have a tendency to overwork my paintings!). This is a large acrylic painting on canvas stretched flat on a board (designed to be shipped rolled and stretched by the buyer's framer). It was primed in black gesso which is something I've never tried before and I was very pleased with how it affected my process.
I'm crossing my fingers for a sunny day tomorrow, but we're caught in a long rainy spell here in New England. Hopefully I'll have some good shots of this painting completed soon!
I'm crossing my fingers for a sunny day tomorrow, but we're caught in a long rainy spell here in New England. Hopefully I'll have some good shots of this painting completed soon!
2 comments:
Jessica, this is wonderful. I like the way you worked outside on this painting. Black gesso...very cool!
I know what you mean about getting those sunny days to do particular things with your painting. Does it help if I say we have some nice sun in the Washington, DC area this morning? So if you have no sun, it might be on the way...maybe!
Thanks, Jessica
Jessica, I love your color grids. This one reminds me of a wonderful charm quilt. Black gesso would be great as an underpainting, I think. I love it under pastel -- it seems to make the colors even richer.
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