Metal Challenge

Today, just had a couple hours to work on something so I tackled my little 8x8 painting of the pizza place.  The biggest challenge was getting the metal pizza ovens and hoods over them to look like shiny or dull metal.  I wanted this one to be quick and loose and got it down fairly quickly.  I unfortunately used the same brush on the sky that I had previously used on the metal, so that I greyed the outdoor, backlighting toooo much.  Now I will have to wait until this baby is completely dry to get back some really bright light behind the pizza guy. 

Monday, funday...

I didn't get to paint much on the weekend, but I thought about it a lot. Today I was over-thinking the horse-drawn sleigh painting.  I had decided to get rid of a fair bit of stuff - like the passengers on the sleigh and much of the harness paraphernalia as it was obscured by the steam coming off the horses. I need to let it dry up a bit and put the steam in I think and then correct the colours around it.  So I put it aside and started a small 8x8 painting of a new favourite pizza place, called The Stone and Wheel.  Was waiting for some pies the other night and liked the lighting so I snapped a photo and will try to make this one nice and loose and painterly, not dab it to death.  

sketchy stuff

adding a wash to get some values

still struggling