Fine art Demo: Successful artists do care...

The painting is called Ramparts and the artist is Robert Genn. He painted this over 3 and a half days.

btw, the 'slide show' format of this is best seen here:
http://www.painterskeys.com/slide/slide.asp?id=1

will attempt posting the slides below. Enjoy...

Slide 1:
[img]http://www.painterskeys.com/slide/ramparts1.jpg[/img]

Description 1: "Working on a pinkish ground I?m putting in a pattern of snow. I?ve painted the "Ramparts" in the Tonquin Range (near Jasper, Alberta) several times so I know pretty well what they look like. Accuracy is not too important. "

Slide 2:
[img]http://www.painterskeys.com/slide/ramparts2.jpg[/img]
Description 2: "Here I'm laying on a transparent glaze of Phthalo blue which will have the effect of neutralizing the pink priming and also make the shadow areas for the snow. After the roller lays on the glaze it is smoothed out with a clean rag. "

Slide 3:
[img]http://www.painterskeys.com/slide/ramparts3.jpg[/img]
Description 3: "Here I?ve worked up a foreground and I?m thinking what to do next. There are so many things to get on with at this stage that it?s easy to get ahead of yourself and not proceed in an optimum and efficient order. "

Slide 4:
[img]http://www.painterskeys.com/slide/ramparts4.jpg[/img]
Description 4: "So I?ve got a start on the light and shade area of the snow. I?m sacrificing a bit of form in favor of developing a pattern. Yet I want the light and shadow to be truthful and to make a focus for the work. "

...maybe this is getting a little too big. let me know if you prefer to view all the remaining 9 slides in the post, otherwise please spare me the copy and paste (such hard work) and see the whole thing at: http://www.painterskeys.com/slide/slide.asp?id=1

enjoy...