Sunday, September 18, 2016

Saudade No 3 | Groundhogs Day Update

Initial POV
Did she order a glass of wine for her friend who hasn't arrived or did they go to the "loo" or step out for a smoke?

She is looking into the distance, has she spotted her companion or pondering some other aspect of their relationship,  or just wondering why they're late?

Unlike previous Saudade images, I wanted this painting to have a "Vermeer" effect, but more speculative than  "The Love Letter."

Final POV
Point-of-View (POV)  became pivotal.  Suggesting hope despite experience the goal. I opted in the final composition for something where the eye is lead up from the bottom left to the top right. To the right are a couple of earlier POV sketches that din't make the cut.

Adjusted Aspect Ratio
Closeup: sidewalk/foreground motif
My original sketch had an unusual aspect ratio which I had to sacrifice: no time to build and stretch a canvas 52" x 30".  But a standard canvas allowed the important suggestions my original drawing entailed, namely a cafe or sidewalk seating; the hint of chairs left and right skins the cat for me suggestively.

Worked on the textural layer today, have more to do tomorrow. I hope that by this coming Sunday I will be fairly through the oil layer.

It's in the oil layer that the shadows will be established and the texture colors integrated.  But before I get to that step I really needed to do something with the ground! In my drawing I had her table on a sidewalk that suggested a tiled motif: not something I could really do with textile, my favorite So I cut a mask and did a step and repeat for the first third of the foreground.

Moving into the upper two thirds, I am going to use pigment only to create the motif, a negative positive suggestion.

Managed to make some progress on her clothes. Tomorrow I should be able to work her figure a bit more closely.  The wine glasses too I have something special in mind; I'l share more over the weekend!


Closeup: clothing textures












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