One day I received a commision painting job from Sherri. She and
her husband were visiting the island of Kauai on their honeymoon
(Congratulations!), and she wanted to have a painting created of the
bungalow where they stayed.
She came across my website and loved the style of my Kauai Coffee Visitor Center painting and wanted something similar. After a few emails (we've never met in person), I took my camera and headed out to the famous "Baby Beach" of Kauai's south shore. I snapped several pics of the house and also a few of the beach itself .
Well, I always wanted to capture the "steps" that I take to create an acrylic painting. So I remined myself to take a picture every so often while working on this piece. In my acrylics classes, I always stress the importance of blocking in the major colors and shapes before painting the details. This is what you see in step #1. I love the bright blue color of the sky here in Kauai!
She came across my website and loved the style of my Kauai Coffee Visitor Center painting and wanted something similar. After a few emails (we've never met in person), I took my camera and headed out to the famous "Baby Beach" of Kauai's south shore. I snapped several pics of the house and also a few of the beach itself .
Well, I always wanted to capture the "steps" that I take to create an acrylic painting. So I remined myself to take a picture every so often while working on this piece. In my acrylics classes, I always stress the importance of blocking in the major colors and shapes before painting the details. This is what you see in step #1. I love the bright blue color of the sky here in Kauai!
Next,
I started to slowly develop the painting. Added a few details, but
mostly working on the underpainting. Acrylic paint can be very opaque
especially when mixed with titanium white. Therefore, if you make a
mistake at this point, you can cover it up and keep on paintin'!
In
Step #3 I started to develop more of the house, porch and garden. I
didn't like the blue color I put on the left-hand side of the house
because it looked too much like sky, so I greyed it out a bit. This was
challenging to get the right shade.
Finally,
I started to work more on the palm trees on the sides. I wanted to get a
lot of detail in the underpainting part of the trees. Lots of details
in the background without worrying about the foreground until last.
In
Step #5, I worked on more detail of the house and palm trees. I also
painted the adorable coconut that was so appropriately placed near the
entrance to the house!
Here's the final version of the painting! I spent lots of time on the palm tree details. Whew!
Baby Beach Bungalow
11"x14" on Canvas (painted on the edges in a
Gallery Wrap Style)
I hope you enjoyed seeing this painting in progress!
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