Shaftsbury Avenue in Soho, London. I hadn't done oil painting for over four years before I started this painting, and had been using watercolour, acrylic and digital media instead. Oil painting requires a considerably different technique, and that change has been both challenging and useful in terms of making me consider other ways to paint and and effects that can be achieved. I'm not wild about it, but it's good to get back into it.
These are the things that interest me most about the view; the sweeping curve of the road in contrast with the irregular verticality of the buildings. Signs for theatrical productions, lit up architectural features, the noise of street lights, theatre and shop fronts. Reflections in the road. The distinct texture of a London sky. There are contrasts in the geometry of the space, and a sort of 'hierarchy of permanence' of the elements of the piece. There is a peculiar inverse relationship between this hierarchy, and the places which most readily draw the eye - at least at first glace.
One of my first practical considerations was whether to do a portrait of the street, or a panorama. I decided that although portrait would capture the main area of interest, reflections and sky, it would cramp out the surrounding buildings and fail to convey the sense of space as the road curves around. In landscape format, there is a more dynamic tension between the shapes of buildings, and the space of the road and the areas of interest.
absolutely... beautiful! The reflections of light really make it seem like it's raining. The use of blue and green give this piece a very melancholic feel. The fog is very nice as well ^_^. My favorite about this is the yellow outline of the person walking by.
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I really like the closest person. It gives the piece a temporal feel. Whereas fully rendering the sidewalkers would make it seem like a snap shot moment, this method gives the viewer an impression of character. The people exist, they leave their imprint on the substance of the street, but they aren't there forever. It has motion, but slow -- it breathes.
This work doesn't leave me with the feeling of knowing what this street looks like -- rather it leaves me with the impression that I know the character of this street, and even though I don't understand the exact details, I wouldn't know this stuff if I had walked it either. It has the focus of being there, which is how I feel looking at it.
definitly agree with you of choosing to draw it in landscape if you want the audience to see the whole view of the street, as portraits always tends to make people focus on certain small part of the drawing.
did you do it with the original photographic on the side?
i still think this oil is really cool
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Hey Patti - I took lots of photos for reference and also sketched on location, and just stood in the middle of the road soaking it all in for some time, but yes, I did take a landscape format photograph. I'll upload it to scraps on Sunday, but I'm going to my friends house now to help set the house up for Saturday night.
I'll talk to you tomorrow. PS - Is Dempsey OK with stuff too?
Hi Dan - excelent critique, thanks. It helps me to evaluate how I feel about my own work when someone takes the time to go into a bit of depth. With regards to the character on the left, I sketched him exactly how I sketched him on the canvas exactly how I sketched him in real life. I tried to bring the moment of seeing him to mind (one glance) and then put him out there. It would have been wrong of me to full render him because I didnt fully render the quick sketch - if I didnt see any more than the information captured in that sketch then it'd be concieted of me to make it up as though I had. Seems to have paid off.
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I really like the closest person. It gives the piece a temporal feel. Whereas fully rendering the sidewalkers would make it seem like a snap shot moment, this method gives the viewer an impression of character. The people exist, they leave their imprint on the substance of the street, but they aren't there forever. It has motion, but slow -- it breathes.
This work doesn't leave me with the feeling of knowing what this street looks like -- rather it leaves me with the impression that I know the character of this street, and even though I don't understand the exact details, I wouldn't know this stuff if I had walked it either. It has the focus of being there, which is how I feel looking at it.
did you do it with the original photographic on the side?
i still think this oil is really cool
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"If you let yourself go and opened your mind, I'll bet you'd be doing like me, And it ain't so bad"
-Junkhead, by Alice In Chains
I'll talk to you tomorrow. PS - Is Dempsey OK with stuff too?
i will tell you still have no idea how am i going to dress
haha, not good.
good luck on decoration, when we are at fulham we will call you master~~
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"If you let yourself go and opened your mind, I'll bet you'd be doing like me, And it ain't so bad"
-Junkhead, by Alice In Chains
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