Big triptych

The day job is done for the week, so now I'm back working on the clouds on the triptych.

Someone on google+ commented on an earlier photo I posted that it looks like something from a kid's story, which I think is great. That feel has probably started to show up in my work because of the great books I get to read to my almost-2 year old daughter, and all of the great illustrators I've come across on twitter and google+

Hurray interwebs!

Ps- I'm also testing out blogpress' tweet and FB features, so thus might get double posted or something.


Cheers,
Marcel

Tree Balloon Triptych - work in progress

Just Finished the sky, and I'm going to mix all the blue blobs with some umber so I'm not tempted to keep adjusting it. Sometimes you just have to say it's done.
(my studio's too small to have all 3 on the easel at the same time.)







Blue blobs pre-destruction:







Cheers,
Marcel

Triptych in progress

Underpaints all finished. Let's see if this gets a hashtag: Ontheeasel



Cheers,
Marcel

Triptych - work in progress

#ontheeasel thus morning #10oclockart
(detail photo)




Cheers,
Marcel

Work in progress - big triptych

The sky is underpainted now. Next I have to pack for a trip to Toronto and The Hammer (Hamilton) for a friend's wedding, so that might be it for art this week.

I'm also going to drop off a painting at a gallery and pick up a pile of panels, so it's a work trip too. Being an artist isn't all painting, there are many other small business hats you have to wear too. Delivery guy, accountant, marketing maven, etc. Hard to do everything effectively.






Cheers,
Marcel

Proper photo of "departed" posted

Hi everyone, I've finally managed to get a properly adjusted photo done of my newest painting, and here it is: departed

"departed" new painting

Here's the completed steamship painting. I'm currently calling it "departed", although my titles have been known to change frequently.

It's a little more somber and subdued than I originally intended. That probably has something to do with the fact that I started it the week Jack Layton died. That kind of made it my memorial to Layton, although it's not really about him or his death.














Cheers,
Marcel