Medium: Collage on Wooden Ply
Size: 12" X 12"
Started working on my fourth collage...my first painting for this year...yaaay...now the interesting thing which happened is...that I ended up again with a composition in which the background and the subject are similar in color.
I am hoping that this one will be less challenging because the values are quite distinct unlike the The Cockerel. And the face of the bird is much larger too. Initially I was keeping the background flat...but then a friend suggested that why don't I make it more interesting with some foliage and mountains etc in the background...I thought let me try and it gave such depth to the paintings. I am happy that for a change now I am working with cool colors. Still not sure if I am going to keep the house red and white. Probably I will try some other colors for the house when I start pasting the papers in there. Will have to do that when I reach Milwaukee.
We are relocating to Milwaukee by the end of this week so have been working on this bird in between packing and shopping.Will have to pack some of my painting stuff separately so that I can continue to paint staying at the Hotel for two weeks. Have packed the papers and filbert brush no. 6 and glue. Still wondering if I should take another panel and acrylic colors with me....Will I have time to finish this painting and start with the next one....But anyways even if I do not take this extra stuff I am taking this drawing book "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" by Betty Edwards along with my sketchbook, pencils and charcoal. One of my goals for this year is to sketch a lot....a lot( means like 3 thick sketch books :P)....I had not been doing that last year.
So my upcoming posts will be regarding the progress of Nutcracker and sketching and reading...See you guys from Milwaukee !
