Friday, May 27, 2011

Work-in-progress photos
plus Bailey and the Pears,
a comedy in three acts

I almost forgot I was going to show the work-in-progress photos for this Pears on Stairs painting. Pears on Stairs ... sounds kinda like a Dr. Seuss book!

First I did a pencil sketch right on the Gessobord:


Next, I went over the sketch in purple acrylic, 
and added some yellow in the pears ...


and more yellow in the lightest areas of the stairs.


Now, I add a red glaze over the whole painting, 
turning the yellow areas orange-y.
Cool.


After the underpainting is dry, 
I start adding the oil colors on Bailey’s head:



... and now start adding in the lightest areas of the stairs:


I add detail to the pears and start developing
the reflections in the surface of the stair:



I think the painting is just about finished ...


... but wait, something’s missing.



I add whiskers, and NOW it’s finished!

And now, an extra added bonus:
Bailey and the Pears, a comedy in three acts

ACT I: DISCOVERY




ACT II: CONFRONTATION





Oops!


ACT III: TRIUMPH



Any of you other yahoos wanna mess with me?


No?

Okay then. That’s what I thought.



I guess they know when they’ve met their match.

3 comments:

Azra said...

Its great to see how you work and the comedy was so sweet!! : ))

Virginia Floyd said...

That Bailey is a mess! Love seeing your works-in-progress.

Mary Sheehan Winn said...

sweet. I miss my husband and my cats.