Charleston Memories Progress

The painting is progressing along.  The low country grass is 90% complete.  The sky and light house are complete.  I have begun work on the boat rigging.  I now have to work on the foreground tree branches and plants. 

Charleston Memories Painting Process

Drawing complete in red conte pencil.

Under painting begun.  Small sketch show in foreground.

Under-painting 90% complete.

First layer of color begun.

Color chart showing the desired color of some of the swamp grass.  Still working on 1st layer.

Second layer of color begun. Added orange and red to boat.  Boat height shortened.

Far background tree line color re-worked.  Anchor added to front of boat.  Sky lightened.

Anchor removed, I did not like it.  Also it was not in the sketch.  Dark greens added to foreground trees.  Yellows added to foreground grass.

Charleston Memories Step 2

I am showing the process in completing this painting: Charleston Memories.  This is an acrylic painting on canvas, 3 feet by 5 feet.  Here is the under painting about half complete.  I have not worked on the boat rigging at all. 

Drawings

This is the current display of drawing in my studio.  All graphite on paper. 

Charleston Memories

This is the 2nd stage of the painting.  This is acrylic on canvass 9 x 15 inches.  Now I will begin work on the 3 x 5 ft. painting. 

Figure Sketches

I spent longer on this one than my normal sketches in this book.  I like the jaw line and how that is a lost line.  The collar bone came out well even though it is on the fold of the book.

Close up.

I focused on the face.

 Very cartoony...from a comic book.

The ars came out bizarre on this one.  But ears are asymmetrical!

I wish I had added a reflection in the eye of this one.

Charleston Sketches

These are all color sketches for a Charleston painting.  

Sketch 1 - swamp in foreground, boat, small light house way back.

Sketch 2 - Low key vlues with clouds.

 Sketch 3 - Red and green colors.

 Sketch 4 - Pink and green.

 Sketch 5 - Blue, pink, green, yellow.

 Sketch 6 -  swap green and blue.

Sketch 7 - Green lower, blue sky.