figures at once – one stroke initial creation
Fielding – digital painting / original prints – Dan Beck 2005
This is the first time I looked at the landscape and was struck that I had to start including figures. I saw the field workers picking strawberries and the unnatural curvatures of their backs and knew I had to paint them.
I created a backdrop – colorful, abstract, and hot.
At the time, I had not done much with drawing or painting figures using a mouse and the computer and wasn’t even sure I could pull it off. The skill involved in painting on the computer – though related to drawing with pen or pencil is different.
Each of these figures was done with basically one big stroke of the mouse – the colors imparted fall on the inside of the curve. I am certain I took a few stabs at it – I typically can erase one such stroke.
I still create figures mostly this way – the first outline of a figure needs to capture the essence of the individual I am creating. I don’t know exactly how I see the figure or even how I have made the process rather unconscious. Understanding is useful, but much of the time with art and life it is a tool to make things more intuitive.
See Also
- Original Art – discussion of what makes original art and different meanings of same
- Figures Art Gallery – other examples of figures – mostly from 2005 – others can be found using the blog image index
- Oxnard Strawberry Workers Gallery – thought this website painted a picture with photos and words that enhance what I was expressing above
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