Making up a painting can be fun and frustrating. It's fun because there's no photo or person, dog, etc, to compare it to. When a painting isn't realistic there's not as much pressure to make things accurate. It's frustrating because I have no idea about proportion, shadows, perspective, etc. When I paint silly paintings like this it doesn't matter so much if my Australian Shepard is bigger than the woman, or a cat couldn't hold a box of popcorn, or a dog dressed like the master of ceremonies has arms more like a human, or a standard poodle would never sit still this long, or.........
Beginning the painting was hard for me. I had an idea, but didn't know how to express it, so I started gathering pictures. I needed to know what a human body would look like in this position so I asked Adam to pose for me. As you can see, he wasn't wearing a bikini like the woman in the painting, and he's a bit bigger. See what I put my family through?
What are you doing sitting here reading this? Don't you hear your dog scratching to the to be let out?
Nope, my dog doesn't scratch to be let out. He has his own door, thankfully, because he'd probably drive me crazy otherwise (grin).
ReplyDeleteI think this is brilliant! Thanks for sharing your process. I am so impressed by all the research. I do it too for my Chinese brush paintings - mostly bird poses. I hadn't thought of getting Dennis to pose for me. Now there's an idea!
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