Waiting on the Tide 2021. 9 x 12 oil on panel
Below is the visual process of making this painting. Fist it starts with taken a photograph. This was taken in 2017? Using my Canon EOS D5 Mark iV. A full frame 24mp sensor. I shot it in RAW format.
The image was processed in Lightroom adjusting for color and value distribution. Camera lens correction applied. Then it is exported to photoshop. Various filters are applied to help see the value ranges. Eventually prints are made on my 14 year old Epson 7800 24” ultra chrome printer.
A 112 color spectrum palette is layout out on the glass along with 3 dual primary colors, white and two neutralizers Yellow Ochre and Transparent Red Oxide. From this full intensity palette recipe colors are ‘found’. Note that they are pretty neutral colors.
A quick drawing is made with charcoal and the aid of a homemade proportional divider. Excess charcoal is air off. Workable fixative is sprayed applied.
Real painting begins. first the point of focus. Colors derived from the recipe are mixed and expanded. The ‘under painting takes shape. The temperatures get balanced. Highlights and last minute indication
The whole composition took about a year. First the negative space had to be as powerful as the boat. Horizontal and vertical intervals had to balance. A complimentary rectangle had to be agreed upon.
A 3 x 4 format thus the 9 x 12. A three by four foot canvas has been made so that may one day soon this boat may be painted on it with the knowledge found from this small painting.
