Eating an Ice Cream Cone on the Midway
Eating an Ice Cream Cone on the Midway
Today we are continuing on with the painting of the midway at the Indiana State Fair. Check out Part One to see the beginning steps.
For this painting, a 9″ x 12″ oil, I am using my new, small panel painting easel that I made for working on small panels. This easel securely holds a small painting at a comfortable level to work without it flopping around. A 9″ x 12″ painting is about as large as I would go in this easel. For anything larger, I would just use my floor easel. So far I have used a variety of sizes of painting panels in the easel and it has been a dream. Very happy with how it is working.
Here’s a short video showing the progress of the painting from beginning to end.
Here is where we left off. Ready to start painting the carnival rides on the Midway with all their colorful, flashing lights.
Starting with the ride on the far left, I use a variety of blues and violets to block it in.
Then I start to block in the distant people in a variety of hues and values. At the same time, I am tweaking and adjusting the values in the game booth on the right. Some highlights added, some shadows deepened, and some edges softened or strengthened.
Next, I am ready to paint the glowing green wheel. More points of light are added to the rides.
The last ride with red lights goes in. Tiny points of light are added to the rides.
At this point, I can step back and evaluate what is happening in the painting.
I wanted the woman with the ice cream cone to pop out more so I darkened the figure on the left side to reduce details and make her less distracting. I added some highlights to the ice cream eater so that she would stand out more. Her hair, the ice cream cone, her arm, her shorts, her bracelet were all adjusted.
Another thing I found distracting were the horizontal lines across the pavement. They kept the viewer’s eye from moving deeper into the painting. So, I darkened and softened those lines.
While I liked the red sparkles of the tinted panel showing through the night sky, I wanted to reduce them so they fit in better.
Final painting, “Eating an Ice Cream Cone on the Midway”:
Thanks for following along! I really appreciate you!
Happy Trails,
Charlene
P.S. As insanely busy as I am with various projects, in a crazy moment, I scheduled the 12th Annual October Open House for October 9, 10, 11, 2021. Plan a visit to Brown County, Indiana and come to the Open House!
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