Art WIP
This is the Work In Progress page for Andrew Tucker. I will be posting pictures of my drawings and paintings at various stages of their development until they reach completion. This is the main reason I initiated this blog. It will be much easier to post progress here than on my website http://www.andrewtuckerart.com . I will give a little background at the beginning of each WIP .
11/10/2009
Sorry I have been away from this blog for a while. I have been keeping busy and maybe have been not as focussed as I need to be. I’m human. But here is a recently completed colored pencil piece I wrapped up about two weeks ago. It is a portrait of an old friend’s Stearman biplane. I was fortunate to have been asked to take a ride one evening in late August. I had the time of my life up there!
“Stearman” Colored pencil on Strathmore bristol vellum, 10″ x 14″
8/1/2009
Here is the completed rework of the portrait.
7/15/2009
I was not happy with how my first attempt at this portrait turned out, so I have decided to start over from the beginning.
Here is one evening’s work on the first layers of colored pencil. It is much more difficult to create a specific color and
value by layering color than it is to mix paint and add glazes. I hope this one progresses more to my liking.
7/6/2009 Here’s something a little different for me. A portrait of my eldest daughter in colored pencils. I’ve always
been intimidated by portraits and I hope that by facing my fear I can broaden my scope of subject matter
and improve my skills at the same time. This is also the first time I have used colored pencils for anything
other than touchups on paintings.
- Colored Pencil Portrait 75% Complete
5/20/2009
I have made some progress here. Several more glazes have been added to enhance the depth and richness of the green camoflage. I just added the USAF insignia to the fuselage. After looking at it with fresh eyes, I can see it needs some adjustments.
5/15/2009
This one doesn’t look much different from my last picture posted, but believe me, a lot of work into this since then. I completely repainted the fuselage and spent a large portion of my time defining it’s form by adding many glazes. Glazing is proces of adding several washes of a very thinned down color which when applied to an existing color, causes it to change in appearance and color temperature. It also creates more depth in your colors.
5/11/09
Here is an update of the F-100D painting. I have been working to enhance the green camoflage paint on the main fuselage and I have begun work on the cockpit and canopy area. One thing I will change is to remove the visor from the pilot’s face and paint the pilot’s face and oxygen mask. In the low light I doubt the pilot would have his visor down.
5/10/09
F100Ds (currently untitled)
Acrylic on canvas. 20″x36″
This is a close-up of a painting that I am currently working on which portrays a pair of USAF F-100D Super Sabres from the 120th TFS, 35th TFW based at Phan Rang, RVN during the Vietnam War. The mission and setting are of my own imagination. I just really wanted to depict a real workhorse of that conflict in action. This picture shows where I am at the present time. Progress is slow due to the fact I can only paint for a few hours a night 3 or 4 nights a week. It will take several more weeks to complete this painting. Please hang with me and check back often for more updates.
