Here are some images of my painting “The Student” that was part of the same photo shoot as “Chopping Lessons” [...]
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Painting “The Student”
April 26, 2010
Painting “Chopping Lessons”
April 22, 2010
As soon as I heard about The Future Generations Art Prize, I began planning the paintings I would submit. The show will be held in my birth country, Ukraine, and the grand prize is 100K! An opportunity I couldn’t miss out on.
Painting “Noble Savage”
January 27, 2010
For this painting, I knew that the powerful value contrast was very important. I wanted to keep the colors muted (staying in the grey and brown range) and exaggerate the values. So I did a value comp in Photoshop [...]
Forest, Part 6: Finished Painting
January 4, 2010
It’s finally finished! Feels good to close this chapter, since I put so much time and effort into it. Scaling up to 24 x 36 from a 4 x 6 color comp was a bit tricky [...]
Plein Air Tutorial – Focus on Design
December 9, 2009
One of the best things about painting a landscape is that it’s not a portrait. You have a lot more freedom to change shapes and move things around. As soon as I realized that I don’t have to get every shape the right size and in the right place, I loosened up and started designing my own shapes [...]
Forest, Part 5: Placement of the Bears
November 28, 2009
The zoo trip turned out to be a great success! The bears were very active, giving me many angles and poses to choose from. I ended up with almost 400 photos [...]
Forest, Part 4: Gouache Color Study
November 24, 2009
My main focus with this color comp was the sunlight coming through the trees creating a glow. I wanted to transition from warm trees on the left to cooler trees on the right. Also, wanted the rim light on the rocks to be believable [...]
Forest, Part 3: Shape Design Study
November 20, 2009
At first glance, the photo reference is overwhelming. There’s a lot of stuff going on and all the trees blend together. So, I felt it was important for me to study the shapes in more detail and redesign some for a simpler and more powerful effect [...]
Sunset at Pine Tree Forest, Part 2: Sketch
November 18, 2009
I started preparing by doing a comp of the major value break down of the painting. At this point I’m thinking of separating the foreground, middle ground, and background [...]
Sunset at Pine Tree Forest, Part 1: The Photo
November 16, 2009
This photo was taken by my father while camping at Idyllwild , California. It reminds me of Ivan Shishkin’s most famous painting “Morning in the Pine Tree Forest” [...]
