Tuesday, September 22, 2009

I see me...


"1st Bike Ride"


5x7 acrylic on canvas
$125 unframed plus $10 for shipping in the US
Email:dogbri@q.com to purchase

So I'm pretty much done with this self portrait, but I still have to paint the sides of the canvas. There were lights on either side of the minor, but the canvas, or framing I chose isn't large enough to show them. So rather than do another posting where the only thing that's changed is something you can't see, I consider this done.

One thing that I haven't mentioned with this painting is that I worked from a B&W photograph instead of color, just to see how it would work out. I have such a vivid memory of what the colors of my clothing and the bathroom were, I figured it would be a fun exercise. I liked doing it so much that I'm going to try it on my next painting as well.

Bri-

4 comments:

Coffee Messiah said...

The "lily" turned out nice and this one became lighter and is nice as well.

Have you been drawing/painting daily for a long time?


Cheers 2 U and yours!

Don Gray said...

Nice...I like the humor and directness of this one. Working from black and white photos is a great way to hang on to the memory image of color and not be influenced by color in the photo.

Dogs by Bri said...

Thanks CM,

I started doing dailies last Nov. but whenever I have a commission or a new painting I'm really engrossed in I work almost daily on it. Sometimes I work on it for hours non-stop and others it's just a few hours every few days.

Bri-

Dogs by Bri said...

Hi Don,

I was thinking about you on Thursday when we screened "Chuck Close" that film and his work is so great.

This new one I just started is B+W as well. I do have a color photo in reserve because part of Bettini is missing from the B+W photo.

Bri-