Category: Oil Painting
"In The Garden" 16×20" Oil
August 29, 2010
“In The Garden”
16×20″ Oil on linen panel
This is the second study that I completed this summer. It’s part of a series that I began discussing in my previous post. Most of what I shared in my last post regarding “A Mother’s Gift” applies to this work as well. My model, her parents, and I, were enjoying a very hot buggy day this summer in very late afternoon (to near sunset) soft light.
My goal was to capturing a moment in a more impressionist manner rather than in an academic style. It remained important to me to capture the soul of my model and an exact likeness. I enjoyed sculpting the hat with thick impasto oil paint, and the background was pure abstract expression with the intent of adding interest and creating harmony and balance to the composition. The grass she was sitting in was just to boring to even begin to want to paint so I had fun with it.
Again, she was backlit with soft indirect sky light on her face. There was very little value change, only subtle temperature changes on her face which can also be very difficult to paint well. I pushed the color in her flesh tones picking up some of the other surrounding composition color which I think added interest and harmony. I did not overly blend the paint, and it may be somewhat crude in places but it feels very pleasing and full of life to me. Hope you enjoy it.
We hope to be taking this one to the Baltimore show this weekend along with “Mother’s Gift”.
Thanks for tuning in.
Mark
www.MarkLovettStudio.com
"A Mother's Gift" 16×20" Oil
August 29, 2010
“A Mother’s Gift”
16×20″ Oil on linen panel
It’s been a while since I have posted anything on my oil painting blog. I hope all my artist friends have been busy creating art this summer, and I hope my art collector friends have been busy adding fine art to their collections.
I have been very busy this summer on many fronts and have managed to complete two oil studies, one of which is above “A Mother’s Gift”. My intention was to loosely capture a beautiful moment rather than to complete an academic work. Of course, it took me longer than a few moments to capture this one! I have quite a bit of time in the work. My little model is very special and I insist on capturing her soul rather than just a likeness. I enjoyed working with the pink and green color palette and carrying these colors in the hat, dress , flowers and skin tones.
I also enjoyed working quite a bit of texture with a palette knife in the hat which became quite a sculptured center piece.
She was back lit with a very soft light coming in from the sky in front, therefore there was very little shadowing on her face. The face was primarily contoured with temperature changes and minor value fluxuations.
The background is where I really loosened up and let go. Although she was sitting in grass, I chose to express the foliage in an abstract manner. I used colors and shapes in the background to add interest, and create harmony and balance in the composition. Hope you enjoy it.
I believe we will be taking it to a show in Baltimore next weekend.
Thanks for looking,
Mark Lovett
www.MarkLovettStudio.com
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