My Placement Process by Pamela Blaies

Bronte in a Purple Bow

9" x 12"

oil on linen

I only am able to talk my girls into sitting for me on rare occasions, so when my cousin, Bronte, came to visit and was willing, I was ecstatic. My plan was to take photographs throughout my progress on the painting to show my process, but I got carried away and forgot after just one photo. Anyway, I decided I could still share a little about my beginning process. Here, I toned the canvas with raw umber, then I blocked in the major shapes with raw umber as well. The photo below was taken before I had completed the early block in phase. At this point, I'm only concerned with general placement and not so much with value or drawing. I enjoy this placement method because it feels much freer to me than drawing with lines, it also gives me a more clear idea of what is working and it's much more fun! As I put in the masses, I don't fret about what the shapes look like, I just want to see how they are going to relate in an abstract way on the canvas. I can make big, expressive strokes and because I use one neutral color, there is no problem with things getting muddy if I have to keep wiping it off over and over until I get the proper placement.

Bronte Block In

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"Off to the Fair" Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting by Arizona Artist Mary Opat

"Off to the Fair"  Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting

by Arizona Artist Mary Opat

 

11" x 14" Oil on Canvas

 

Please visit my site to purchase or view more of my work

http://www.maryopat.com  and visit my blog to see

what I'm up to now! http://www.maryopatfineart.blogspot.com

"Payton and Her Horse" Figurative Oil Painting by Arizona Artist Mary Opat

"Payton and Her Horse"  Figurative Oil Painting

by Arizona Artist Mary Opat

 

16" x 20" Oil on Canvas

 

This painting was given to my granddaughter

for her 10th birthday.  To view some of recent work,

please visit http://www.maryopat.com

"Abigail" Original Oil Portrait Painting of Girl by Georgia Artist Deanna Jaugstetter

                                             


It has been my pleasure to paint three portraits for a dear Georgia family. Recently, this oil painting of Abigail was completed. It will hang near the portrait of her sister, Ella Grace, in her grandmother's home.

 36x30 Oil on Canvas/SOLD

 Original Oil Portrait Painting of Girl

 Commissions are welcome, email deanna at georgiaartist2013@gmail.com

 To view more of my work, visit http://deannajaugstetter.blogspot.com/