Trains, trains trains!!
2011 was not fun. Mid December I found out I needed a somewhat major surgery to my skull and sinuses and that pretty much took up all my time. January rolled around and I had the surgery. All went well except the swelling prevented my eyes from focusing on detail-work. That meant no artwork.
Fast-forward to March and my eyes have healed enough to allow me to paint again. Here's a long-overdue update on the train painting. I'll post all the process shots so far. Right now it's done but for the highlights and some details. And the type. Did I mention the type? I have a quote to paint under the train. Hand-painted lettering. Fun. Reminds me of the stuff I did back in the 80s, but that's another post for another time.
Process shots are below:
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| Pencil sketch with rough value placement |
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| Underpainting with warm colors to help establish my focus. The cooler blues will recede. |
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| Background is done and train is started. |
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| Almost done. Strangely, all that needs doing here is to eliminate some details. |
Keep in mind that the last one hasn't been sprayed with anything yet, so the areas that were painted with more linseed oil on the brush are darker than the rest. Also, the different mixtures of black affect the gloss. After I hit it with a final coat of varnish, it will even out.
