Showing posts with label 6x8. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 6x8. Show all posts

Monday, September 12, 2011

Morning Fog - landscape by Kirk Witmer

Daily painting for 9/12/11 - 6 x 8" - Oil on archival panel

I titled this "Morning Fog" but as you can see it doesn't have anything to do with needing a second cup of coffee. The effort here was to convey a mood without the use of color, but instead only using values. The first step in this procedure was to create what I call "eco-gray". I do that by taking all the leftover paint on my palette from the last painting I did and mixing it until it's a uniform shade all the way through. Depending on what the last painting was, the gray may be tinted differently in each batch, so if it's too far from neutral, I'll add a touch of whatever's on the opposite side of the color wheel to pull it back toward neutral, then mix until well blended.
From there, I pulled out some white and black and started mixing a series of values. For this one I found I needed almost no black.

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Monday, July 11, 2011

A Day at the Beach, landscape by Kirk Witmer

Daily painting for July 11 - 6x8" - oil on archival panel

I thought a summertime theme would be a good thing to paint in the summer.
What says "summer" more than a day at the beach?

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Sunday, July 10, 2011

Study for Space Art #1

Daily painting for July 7th - 6x8" - oil on archival panel

This one was elusive. Not the painting, but photographing it! I took more than twenty photos trying to capture the glow on this celestial body and this seems to be the best of the lot. I'm still not sure this does it justice. If you like this image, you should see it in person.
But again, this is another study in preparation for a larger painting.

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Monday, July 4, 2011

The Architect, pencil portrait by Kirk Witmer

9x12" - Pencils on 50lb paper

Six months ago I bought a box of pencils thinking I'd try my hand at drawing with just pencils. Yesterday I finally got around to opening the box, so here's my first serious attempt at a portrait done with pencils. Did this all on one day, in about 8 hours. Since this is something new for me, your critique is welcome.
Who is he? I hear you ask..... Frederick Law Olmstead toured through Texas in 1853 with his brother, a horse, a pack mule and a Colt Navy revolver. He ended up writing a book entitled "A Journey through Texas", but some years later he went on to become the landscape architect that designed New York City's Central Park. Imagine that!




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Sunday, July 3, 2011

Sunset on the Old Mill, landscape by Kirk Witmer

Daily painting for June 29 - 6x8" - oil on archival panel

This was done in response to one of the weekly challenges on Daily Paint Works. I decided to make my version that magic hour of evening sunset lighting.

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Lighthouse at Harry's Cove, landscape, seascape painting by Kirk Witmer

Daily Painting for June 27 - 6x8" - oil on archival panel

Many years ago an artist uncle of mine gave me a miniature (about 3x4") painting that he'd done and I've treasured it ever since. We've lost touch in recent years, but I thought of him when I had no idea this morning what I would paint for my daily and decided to let him inspire me. This painting is quite different than his but it's a spin off from his lighthouse on the bluff scene. I wonder if he's still alive. I'll have to try to reconnect. Thanks for your help, Harry.

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Solitude, landscape painting by Kirk Witmer

6x8" - oil on archival panel
Inspired by a photo taken in the Grand Tetons National Park

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Madonna and Child, figures painting by Kirk Witmer

Daily painting for June 20 - 6x8 - oil on archival panel
This was almost a daily painting. I was interrupted by a visitor so had to stop before it was finished and so it spilled over into the next day. The main reason I painted this work is because it's definitely outside my comfort zone. Faces! Skin tones! Whew! But if we don't do that when we can, we never grow as artists.

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Monday, June 20, 2011

Sycamore Ranch, Sunset - landscape painting by Kirk Witmer

6x8 - oil on archival panel
As I've said before, painting small works on a daily basis gives me more opportunities to experiment and here are three that are all part of one experiment. I wanted to see how much interest I could bring to the same scene at three different times of day, so these three are part of a trilogy. This is the sunset version.

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Sycamore Ranch, Midday - landscape painting by Kirk Witmer

6x8 - oil on archival panel

As I've said before, painting small works on a daily basis gives me more opportunities to experiment and here are three that are all part of one experiment. I wanted to see how much interest I could bring to the same scene at three different times of day, so these three are part of a trilogy. This is the middle of the day version.

SOLD!
(3/14/15)
Going to a new home in Meteetse Wyoming.

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Sycamore Ranch, Sunrise - landscape painting by Kirk Witmer

6x8 - oil on archival panel
As I've said before, painting small works on a daily basis gives me more opportunities to experiment and here are three that are all part of one experiment. I wanted to see how much interest I could bring to the same scene at three different times of day, so these three are part of a trilogy. This is the sunrise version.

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Study for Country Lane, impressionistic landscape by Kirk Witmer

Daily Painting for June 6 - 6x8" - Oil on archival panel

This is a quick study (quick? almost two bloody hours!!) in preparation for what I've decided to call my "Dorchester Series" of landscapes. It seems very impressionistic to me, which is why I can't ever consider it a "finished" painting. That's just not my style. But the effort here was to determine what impact primarily values, and to some extent color, have on a composition. From this study I can now tell that when I begin the larger work, I will have to pay particular attention to the interplay of light and dark to maintain the best composition. And from this I know that I will have to increase the contrasts between light and dark to maximize the drama and help tell the story.
I've decided not to sell this study, but instead to give it at no additional cost to the collector who purchases the larger painting for which this was part of the preparation. Click here to go to that painting.

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Friday, June 3, 2011

Salt Water on the Rocks, seascape painting by Kirk Witmer

Daily Painting for June 2 - 6x8" - oil on archival panel

This is another painting that was done from a very small (about 1-1/2 x 2-1/2") photo, as were the ones for June 1 and May 18, so much of this was "ad-libbed". It was also more practice at painting rocks. I think I'm getting closer to believable rocks. What do you think?

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Thursday, June 2, 2011

Sunset in Catskill Valley, landscape painting by Kirk Witmer

6x8 " - oil on archival panel

I need to keep reading the book I bought recently about the Hudson River School artists, because maybe once I get through it the urge to paint so many landscapes may subside and I can go on to paint some other things. But on the other hand, painting landscapes is not such a bad thing, is it?

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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Determination, landscape painting by Kirk Witmer

Another daily painting - 6x8" - oil on archival panel

Just like my daily painting for May 12, this was another effort at painting believeable rocks. Better? Maybe. They somehow still seem to elude me. But I'm not giving up. I must have rocks in my head? :)

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"Blonde to Enterprise .." Challenge painting by Kirk Witmer

Another daily painting - 6 x 8" - oil on archival panel

This daily painting was done in response to a Challenge from Daily Paintworks. The challenge was "to paint your interpretation of this photograph. You can change colors, crop, edit, or do what pleases you as long as you stay within the boundaries of this photo". I'm not usually one to jump in on these challenges but this one brought to my mind an idea that 96 other artists hadn't thought of. So maybe that will make mine a little more unusual.

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Saturday, May 28, 2011

Lone Pine, Canadian landscape painting by Kirk Witmer

Another daily painting - 6x8" - oil on archival panel

From somewhere in the wilds of Canada.

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Buffalo Sunset, minimalist painting by Kirk Witmer

Another daily painting - 6x8 - oil on archival panel

Mr. Buffalo warms himself in the last rays of sunset before the chill of nightfall sets in.
I wonder where the rest of the herd is?

This is a departure for me from my usual style. Some may like it, we can hope. I have mixed feelings about it, but if we don't experiment we get stale, don't we?

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View from Middle Earth, landscape painting by Kirk Witmer

Another daily painting - 6x8" - oil on archival panel
Obviously it can't really be from Middle Earth, but now that I have your attention, where do you think? New Zealand? Nah, can't be that, there are no kiwis in here. It's actually from Nebraska. Go figure.
I chose this subject because painting rocks has been giving me trouble lately and I really just wanted to try to turn out some convincing rocks. What do you think about these?

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Fall in Colorado, landscape painting by Kirk Witmer

Another daily painting - 6x8" - Oil on archival panel

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