painting the intimidating wall,work in progress by allisonbender
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The reason this wall intimidates me some is, it measures 40" tall by 10" wide ... thats 400 square inches of painting area , minus some for the shield.
So I decided to paint it like a rich man.....;)
Allow me to explain: I come from humble beginnings ,the oldest of 9 brothers and sisters and as you can imagine, money was tight. So when I could afford paints I used them sparingly, and it largely influenced my painting style !!
A while back I saw some paintings that were rich in color and powerfully thick brushstrokes... Upon seeing his work I blurted out, He paints like a rich man .... I've never forgotten it !
Anyway I paint this area as a rich man would with very little painting medium and thick and sweeping brushstrokes and I don't clean the brush just kept adding color and moving it around.
Then came back ino it adding cracks etc. this is all done wet into wet ( this was done very agressivelly an expression of my mood, i think)
I can now see some texture and things that can be pushed and pulled later.
The size of this wall was deliberate, as it's 1/3 of the canvas the lead actor another third and the three soldiers another third... if you study this piece you'll dicover that there's a repition of 3s in this work .
Thanks for watching and following this , alltho it' probably getting boring by now .... You are all greatly apreciated by me ... THANK YOU!!
tom
p.s. not all compositions will work in 3s but when I layed this out I discovered this one would. In a way I've placed you folks in my position ..... Like me, you'll never get a first impression of the finished work
Comments (20)
shadownet
Coming along very nicely.
decie
Master at work thats all i can say!!!!
chudo121
i wonder if there is a way that paint can be reconstituted if you find something you wanna change rather than paint over it ?
bmac62
Continues to fascinate... I never thought about the fact that the artist misses the impact of seeing the painting for the first time. Do you think you've missed anything?
ARTWITHIN
You wall texture is really great. I can almost feel it. Thanks for sharing your life experience and how it effect your painting style. That is interesting and I think that is true for all of us in one way or another. The "3's" are all over the place. :)))) Love it!
virginiese
I like your style, rich man or not ! Nice story for this expression and great picture
allisonbender
Bill I don't know if I've missed anything or not , as I usually don't like my work when I'm finished !!! Not even sure why I do this ... It's a bag of mixed blessings.... a love hate relationship!!! tom
Miska7
It's not boring. It's great to see how you are painting this stage by stage. I see a face in the mountain, is that intentional? Looking forward to the completion!
tryky5carla
I like to see how progress daily your work . Wonderful !!!!!!!!
lizzibell
very nice...
dianas..creations
Every day it is just more beautiful! Wonderful progress really enjoying it and it is not boring at all..:)
Valery3D
Yeah it's really beautiful this work in progress!! I love these follow ups!!
LudyMelltSekher
Hello my dear friend, Wowww!!! What a beautiful and excelent artwork,Super Wonderful!!! Congratulations!!! A million stars from me!!!**** Have a marvelous Wednesday.Hug and kiss in heart. Luminous blessings. Ludy Thanks you very much for you comments.
kasalin
Wow !!! Beautiful colours and presentation !!! Well done, dear Tom :) 5*
Faemike55
Great image so far. I can't wait to see the finished painting. As I stated before, this is not boring.
JOEANOMALY
Excellent "rich man's" wall...the atmoshere of the image is starting to develope now!!!!!
gunsan
It is a great gift for the viewer to be allowed to follow an artwork in different stages. Looking forward to the finished paiting!! When i make an image i work so fast and so impulsive that i cannot follow my steps back, a little sad sometimes.I also work in mch smaller scale.
Savage_dragon
Gorgeous! It must be amazing to watch you paint. ")
groegnitram
a love hate relationship it is, but a fine one! looking at your progress i would it is worth it :) its all the more exciting for us as we look at your work with different eyes, i experience it like gunsan does, something like a great gift! happy easter to you, tom!
NoobasaurUS
Enjoy yourself Tom!!!...You have earned it.....You can paint like a "rich" man if you want (awesome story by the way), but I think you have always been rich in blessings and talent....And hopefully many other blessings as well. I am never bored of art and the artistic process so you can keep that coming all you want.....Sometimes I feel like the soldier and the "intimidating" wall..everyone here and in my life is my wall when I need someone or something to lean on...you know when things get tough....Laughter and Love Madness and Hate the Great Debate!!!!!! Keep up the fantastic work and as always all my best!!!!!!!!!!!