Thursday, October 12, 2006

Daily painting practice - view from the studio

I took this photo just to give you an idea of what I am looking at. The bright sunlight and the distance between the canvas and the window doesn't make for a great photo but it gets the idea across.
This may look like a mess but I actually like the way I plotted the composition. It is a very loose bunch of dashes and spots that make up the drawing.
This photograph is rather dark. All I want to do is a few dark accents and lighten up the door on the left a little, and I may be finished with today's practice
View From My Studio
8"x10"
oil on masonite panel
SOLD
I said I needed to stretch a little more and paint outside of the studio. OK, so I didn't officially go out of the studio to paint this but it counts anyway. The strangest part of painting this was the fact that it is such a high key or high value painting. No real deep darks. It was a great exercise.

8 comments:

Darren Maurer said...

I feel like I'm standing in your studio blabbing endlessly about painting. Very nice. The way the floor is done is great.

Anonymous said...

I just love it. I've been back six times to look at it. The light play on the floor is wonderful.

Lisa said...

I love way the sunlight dances across the wood floor. This is one of my favorites of yours Peter. Nice job!!

Anonymous said...

I love these intimate homey scenes you're doing Peter. Really terrifically painted.
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ming said...

paintings of interiors are so inviting. although everything in the picture is inanimate, it all seems so alive.

J Matt Miller said...

Love this one, Peter. What great light!

r. chunn said...

The painting has a warmth and luminosity that's lacking in the photo. Just goes to show how the eye of the artist beats the camera every time.

June Parrish Cookson said...

Never-ending surprises with you Peter. You're journeying on a road to fame.