New paning using mostly earth pigments

[david]

Hi here is my latest painting done in gouache. Most of the pigments are earth colors: gold ocher, violet caput mortum, venetian red luberon raw sienna light with ultra marine blue, quinac. violet and t. white. It was painted on an absorbent ground on canvas over birch board. 20 x 28 inches. This painting is based on an earlier drawing done in charcoal on rive BFK 28 x 40 inches.

David

[ 02. July 2008, 23:28: Message edited by: david ]

[Kenneth Freed]

Excellent painting. Thanks for posting it.

[Paul Rhoads]

... is this Danae?

[Darren]

Yes David, very nicely done.
My guess, Zeus and Io.
An update on Correggio perhaps:
http://www.abcgallery.com/C/correggio/correggio5.html

[Paul Rhoads]

Whatever the subject, there is a beautiful color harmony, well adapted also to the subject--whatever it is exactly!

[david]

Hi,

Everyone, just got back from the mountains photographing flowers. The beargrass has come into bloom. It is a lovely sight.I wanted to update my files for a painting I plan on doing on Pan.

Paul, the painting is of Danae. In reality the story doesn't matter, as most who will view it will know nothing of the tale. Of course Danae at 13 was much younger than my subject. But than who said I had to show things exactly. I've not had any experience with 13 year olds. What do they know, not much. But than there are other paintings of this subject one that comes to mind is of a poor girl being pelted with gold coins. Not romantic. I owned a few gold coins they would hurt when being hit with them.

For me the point isn't to just show a subject but to lace it with some sort of emotion other wise paint is just paint made in the image of something that lacks soul. The moving away from focusing on technque for that something else is what I'm about making it personal. In this I wanted rapture.

I wanted someting earthy but at the same time divine. So the colors in gold and royal violet and all the colors in between. Knowing what you want is part of the deal isn't it?

I should have posted the drawing.

Working on the frame now fifth coat of black gesso. Will be ready to sand and buff to nice finish.

David

[Paul Rhoads]

David,

this is a very amusing post. :D
...You often paint older people, no?

[Orp]

Interesting...


I have a recipe for making very smooth frames in the Dutch style that calls for hide glue to seal and a chalk gesso, sanded, followed by hide glue and pigment distemper coatings, then black oil paint, wet sanded amd finished with wax. Marbling or other looks can be added on the distemper coatings. I haven't tried it yet but am planning to soon.

[david]

Hi Paul,

Well yes life is amusing and spend a lot of time musing over some foolish thing I did in the past.

Yes, most of my nudes are over the age of forty. It must be some thing in me that is bucking pop-culture and the not so interesting value placed on youth. I think a few years lived add value and adds much to the figure.

Now I read painting older people in two ways; one as subject for a painting, the other giving each older victim a new coat of paint.

Orp, That sounds interest and a lot of work. But what is a little work. I like the idea that a frame should be an extension of the work and so I make frames that play off of the themes in my paintings.

Oh, Darren I have a drawing of Io that is to become a painting.

I also have your book and found it useful.

Well time to get to work.

David

[Darren]

Originally posted by david:

I also have your book and found it useful.

I'm happy to hear it.
Paint well.