Ok, I've been trying to paint a few paintings recently, and have been having a few problems. I am not a trained painter. I've never taken a course, and I don't prescribe to any real system to do my paintings. I have, however, reviewed like a million videos, and online tutorials on how to paint. At this point in my artistic career, I should tell you I think they are all bunko!
I've done a few paintings recently (ones that you will never see) that were painted in this more traditional way. Sky first, then background, foreground, blah blah blah. They all stunk. I think that method isn't going to work for me. Looking back at all the pictures that I have done that I think look good, and that I have had fun painting have been done mostly opposite of this. As was the painting of this motorcycle.
I sketched the bike and jumped right in with painting it. The foreground, the background, the sky, they will all take care of themselves. What I think is most important to get right, right away, is the subject of the painting. (Yes, I will admit that I like these kind of diffuse foregrounds and backgrounds. And if I wanted to at this poinet I could go back and put in whatever foreground or background details and no one would ever know I didn't do it the "proper" way.)
I will admit to making one HUGE error with this bike. It was supposed to be blue!! I was working on two paintings at once, on was drying and I started with the wrong color without thinking about it, Oooops, what do I do? Well, I just kind of went with it, and figured that some people have green bikes anyway.
I still like it, and hope you all do to.
