30 cm x 25 cm, Oil
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http://kenauster.com/portfolio/swarming/
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AWESOME,,,,,,,I like the urban paintings..
I guess Tim changed his website. I see his work all the time and I'm on his
email list but had not been to his website in awhile. Ken Auster's only sketch
is right on the canvas; he says that doing a preliminary sketch on paper or
small board leads to copying and destroys spontaneity. Although, I often do the
same when I am plein air painting, I find that my better paintings are usually
done when I take the time to plan my composition using one or more small
thumbnail sketches or small 3 or 4 value Notans before putting any paint on my
canvas. I may vary from the sketch on the canvas; I don't feel that doing a
small sketch interferes with my spontaneity. Enjoy looking at Tim Horn's work;
you've done a nice job of emulating Ken Auster and might want to try painting
like Tim. Stu
Thomas, nice work. I took a plein air workshop from Ken Auster last Fall. He has a very interesting and unique block in technique for his plein air work. He also describes his plein air work as consisting of three phases that he call the "Passion Sandwich": phase one uses "Intellect" for the design sketch on his canvas (he does not use any value studies, notans, etc., but just starts in sketching in oil on the canvas); phase two uses "Passion" and is the block in of the painting by value massing and is all done alla prima; phase three uses "Intellect" and is the application of detail in highlights and accents plus shape correction (a lot o negative painting). These three phases comprise his "Passion Sandwich": Intellect/Passion/Intellect. Interesting approach. His coffee table book "Intellect and Passion" has a lot of his San Francisco urban plein air works reproduced in it. I thought you might be interested in this, since you have "discovered" a modern master. Another modern master you might look at is Tim Horn www.horndesigns.com. Tim is a friend of mine, a master painter and quite a teacher (Micheael Severin took a workshop from his last Fall and said it was the best workshop he has ever had--I have taken a couple of workshops from him . Tim is all about lighting (warm sunny days), colorful shadows, clean color and interesting shapes. Nice clean uncluttered modern realism. Stu
Yes, I have to admit it too. Only Payne, Sargent and Sorolla of the old masters I like, but the work of Viacheslav Korolenkov I can look for hours and study his works! Oh, man, I wish I can paint like that!
Nice one Thomas...
Great work. You are introducing me to artists I did not know.Like your choices
Lovely, wow!
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