and refining and strengthening form of the pair of
ducks-
I think the painting as a painting is coming along nicely, but
I'm still missing the mark a degree to where I wanted more
suggestion of motion. A Manfred Schatz I am not...but, the
ducks are still in keeping with my painterly treatment of the
background, feather groups suggested.
Here is a closeup of the drake shoveler...and clicking on it
will show the unique coloration and brushwork...
4 comments:
First I will say I like the painting even if it doesn't have the movement.
I think the earlier stage was cool where you could see through all of the wings to some extent. (The lower bird still has some of that.) I don't know if the movement would come from blurred edges alone. Schatz uses a minimal suggestion.
Thanks James...
and Schatz backgrounds are quite simple, little variation in values...softened, and often obscurred.
His career is safe with me! hahaaa...
I have no intent to become a "bird" artist...but remain a painter where wildlife at times may consume my interest. I was purely a wildlife artist the first near 20 years of my painter's life...now more aptly a painter of the outdoors.
It would take quite a commitment to get this wing thing down...and my chances will improve after this next spring arrives, and I can take a good number of pics or even video at a wildlife sanctuary I'm familiar with. Shooting at slower shutter speeds...
take care
Yeah, I think you have the right idea on you quest.
I recently tried a figurative of a cyclocross racer here. It had a similar goal; painting from my blurred reference shot where there are parts that are blurred and parts that are "ghosted" away including half of the back wheel. (And no, I was not satisfied -- it either needs to get tighter or more abstract.)
Hey James..
still that is a noble and honest attempt at it...and you know as well as I...much easier to judge such efforts as no big deal until it is tried.
Heck...not so easy!!!!
take care
Post a Comment