The Bronc Fighter

Here are a couple of clips of video that I took relating to the development stages of a new painting I'm working on. As a result of yesterday's "thinking time" while I was waiting for the glue to dry, I came up with an idea for a new painting. See...it wasn't wasted time at all. I know that it appeared that I was daydreaming, when in actuality I was working.

This is the first video with an explaination of what I'm doing. Those that follow, continue the explaination. This video and the next two were actually made yesterday, 10/2/2012, for those of you who are going to keep track. Enjoy.

Here I start the sketch using the photo as reference for a start. As explained, there is a lot of analyzing and thought that begins at this point. It's easy to rubout and redraw, adjust and manipulate. That's the beauty of working in oil paint vs watercolor.

This video shows a little more progress in defining the image. I've started to darken portions of the sketch to help create some modeling effect and establish values. That's probably good for the time being. I'll take another good look at it in the morning.

I'll continue to post videos as they relate to the progress of this painting. Hope you enjoy it.Thanks for stopping by.