This is an experiment of mine to see if I can eventually do away with my website and add new art to my blog! Therefore allowing my sweet son, Jon, who has been my "webmaster" for all of these years to take a little break from mom's lack of understanding HTML!
Thursday I began a new painting that I am very excited about. After painting several 8 x 8 painting's, I was ready to jump into something big! Luckily on Thursday in class, a painting buddy of mine happened to have a fresh canvas in her car that she offered to me. I tossed out the 8 x 8 that I had brought and pulled out some reference for a larger painting.
I began by placing a grid on both my reference and my canvas. From there I did a quick sketch from my reference. A few angles were off on the sketch so I fixed them as I went along.
I then began adding my darks and my central figure. The photo was take at the Cafe du Metro, Saint-Germain-Des-Prés, 6ème in Paris. It was pouring dogs and cats outside.
The windows were steaming up from the coffee machines & fresh baked goods. I loved the busy waiters and the hustle and bustle of people coming from the nearby Metro station but this older man had found his "zen moment" with a cup of coffee and the morning paper.
As I worked on the painting in my studio, I contemplated on whether to leave in the foreground craft of water. I felt like it gave the painting a foreground, middle ground and background but I also felt like it was distracting. We will see if it stays or goes as the painting progresses.
Thank you for viewing my art and if you have any questions, please contact me at jeanette@jeanettebaird.com
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