lesterblairstudio
art work paintings in the photorealism style by Lester Blair, a Wellington New Zealand Artist, plus a Christian blog plus painting & art blog.
painting, art, photorealism, painting art blog, Christian grace life blog, Artist Wellington New Zealand
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Author: lesterblairstudio
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It does not look like much for a weeks work but I had to do some careful drawing as the details were not that clear in the photograph. I even revisited the building to check this ceiling out. I simplified a little...
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I have taken some liberties in regard to colour matching the photograph, but still at the roughing out stage. Though if I can improve on the image then I'm thinking that's okay because I'm not trying to reproduce a photograph,...
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Have put some paint on a canvas. This will be mostly a red theme. Red can be a little tricky as I don't want any pinks in the bright red, mixing a little yellow with white for the light red seems to work.
Colour...
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Some photos that I think might be good for a painting. The red door is a subject I have already used for a painting, but back then it was painted white. I think it is good to get several paintings from the same...
acrylic on canvas 900mm x 700mm ...
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Last Wednesday my hard disk failed on my eight year old 27" iMac. My new friend Shobhit from eServe did a great job recovering all my data. So this Monday it is back into my normal painting routine with my new...
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I now feel that I can paint motor cars, even cars with dented panels, yea! They appear in most of my photos, they are everywhere. Just need to tackle the wheels, a job for tomorrow then road and sky.
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.. this week due mainly to being sick with winter cold virus, a little more detailing on building completed including exposed weather boarding on the left ...
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Have included a close up here to show the process but this is in constant flux as I work out how to do this. It has taken a week to cover 200mm x 150mm though the left is like a little landscape on...
I'm trying a different process. Rather than complete one small bit at a time, I have blocked in the whole thing with an acrylic wash. Not water but using acrylic glazing liquid. My thought is it might be a faster process to have most of...