Red vs Blue

Today I was busy and didn't start painting until 10:15. This is the product of rushing through a painting in an hour and doing everything the wrong way. I think the composition of this painting is strong besides the road in the foreground. Now on to the bad parts. The painting looks sloppy and the brushwork is a mess. The brush strokes used for the grass were poorly executed and far to many were placed without proper planning before hand. After realizing the mistake, I tried to force in massive amounts of paint to cover it up which looks even more rushed and not thought out than before. I do think the values are decent and if I have time I will paint this again later. Next time I will start with the darks instead of trying to build up layers.

Richmond Paint Out

Today is a busy day so I will not be able to paint until tonight. But, in the spirit of posting a painting everyday here is a pastel from this past Saturday. This was done at the Indiana Plein Air Painters Association (IPAPA) paint out in Richmond. This is the first event I had been to with the IPAPA. Richmond is a long drive and I was hesitant to go. I had only painted in plein air one time before. Once there I got to talking to two artist who invited me along to paint with them. After some time I struck out on my own. One of the guys gave me directions to the place above. There was a river running alongside a park and I found this little S bend in the river. The shadows from the trees on the right bank cast over the water and onto the shore of the other side drew me to the spot.    

For any Indiana artist that has never been to an IPAPA event I would highly recommend it. The people hosting the event are friendly, there are a lot of great artist to watch and learn from, and its good practice to get out there and paint.

Here is a link to their website. http://inpainters.org/  Their next paint out is less than a month away so mark it down if you're in the area.  

For the final painting figures were added to give the scene a sense of movement. The area around the headlight was lightened slightly. Im happy with how the figure's turned out. After a few small studies of how the heads should be placed I wasn't as worried to put the color on the paper.

After finishing the painting I realized if I want to do large car paintings in the future im going to need a better flat brush than the cheap synthetic one im currently using. This painting was only 8x10 and the brush lost all its water before getting halfway across the paper. Hopefully there will be a sale soon, and if so I will post where it can be found.

 



This is a study from last night. The car belongs to a family friend and when I saw it, it had to be painted. It is an old ford thunderbird. The car is beautiful so in the study the main focus was the perspective of the car and placing powerlines in the background. The area around the headlight turned out to dark so that was changed in the final.

Today I am posting a study done a little while back for a painting that will hopefully be ready by the time the state fair gets here.
During the planting season back home after a long stretch of wet weather it quickly became schorching hot. While in the tractor looking out, the heat made the trees at the edge of the field look as if they were dancing and when the dust got to stirring they started to look like mirages in a desert. I had to jump out and take a picture before the dust died down.(sadly I didn't ghost ride the tractor, I stopped it before getting out) Thankfully a few photos came out and this study came from that.

Thanks for looking.

My first blog

This is my first post of my new and only blog. My name is Roy Boswell and will be posting daily or as close to that as time permits. What I want to do with this blog is to document my growth as a painter, to give insite into design theory that my currently limited knowledge can muster, and to reach out and share my art with those who care to look. To those who enjoy what they see, check in often and to those who don't, check in later, it will get better.

Thanks for visiting.