Cloud #3
“Cloud #3“ 10″ x 12″ Oil on Beechwood Panel, 2009 SOLD
Third in the series for the upcoming show. I’ll post the address, time, and opening information closer to the exhibition date. I am in love with beechwood panels, now available at the Deserres art supply store. I’m gessoing the surface, and my goodness it’s beautiful to paint on. I can’t see myself going back to canvas for a long time. The panels are so slick, you can move the paint around in a completely different way, the brush strokes have a lovely fluidity to them, and I find myself able to experiment a lot more with glazes, underpaintings and transparencies. Amazing what switching things up can do for your enthusiasm!
You can click on the image for a detailed version, the burnt sienna underpainting is so glowy and nice underneath.
8 Comments to Cloud #3
Ambera, this is very powerful, especially for the size, good luck with the show!
It’s great to see more of your spectacular cloud paintings. Best of luck with the upcoming show. I wish I could see these in person.
Wow!
Very powerful, looks just like a charging bull…
Nice one!
Cheers,
Arco
Ambera, I am loving this series! There is weight and strength in these paintings, good luck with the show! Liz
I love the way the under painting is showing through. I’ve been painting on those panels too and they’re awesome. Have you tried not gessoing them and just painting straight on the wood?
Hey Andrew!!
I’m LOVING the panels. I’m still gessoing, I haven’t tried just painting straight on the wood. Does is dull the appearance of the paint or absorb it?
It absorbs the paint a bit but I don’t find it dulls it. It just kind of changes the paints texture and it also makes the oil paint act in some kind of middle ground between acrylic and oil because when it absorbs it makes it dry quicker like acrylic(though not quite as quick which makes it stay workable) and still has the richness of oil colors. Plus, the group of seven painted straight on board without priming so why should I do any different. haha.
I love the power and grace in your cloudscapes! What company makes these panels you are talking about? I’m always looking for a better surface.
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