{"id":49,"date":"2012-12-06T08:21:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T08:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studio101westdesign.com\/blog\/?p=49"},"modified":"2021-02-04T18:48:41","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T18:48:41","slug":"stages-of-painting-my-dancer-atascadero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studio101westdesign.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/stages-of-painting-my-dancer-atascadero.html","title":{"rendered":"Stages of Painting My Dancer &#8211; Atascadero, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<table style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio101westdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/progress_of_a_painting_low.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/studio101westdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/progress_of_a_painting_low.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Each image shows a different stage in the painting of <i>My Dancer<\/i>. The last image is the finished painting.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>As a break from sitting at my computer doing graphic design, I love to paint. This painting was created using two photographs as reference. In the main reference photo, the ballerina didn&#8217;t have a tutu or pointe shoes on. For this painting I used a piece of Masonite primed with gesso. I sketched the figure with charcoal onto the board after it had been primed. The underlying sketch is the most important part. If you don&#8217;t have the foundation correct, you can&#8217;t build a good house. The same is true for a painting. After the sketch is complete the fun begins. I primarily paint with acrylics because of the flexibility and speed it gives me.<\/p>\n<p>It is really important to me that my paintings have depth. This was challenging in this particular painting since the ballerina was so close to the wall and there isn&#8217;t anything else going on in the painting. 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