Jose Bautista painting from our 3rd raffle...

[irv]

Originally Posted by bnorth

That is awesome, thank you for sharing the process.

X2! Looking forward to watching it come together step by step!

[baseball tourist]

Very cool. Almost topographic in nature.

[billyb]

One word..........................WOW!

[GKreindler]

Thanks, guys. I'm hoping the ride will be somewhat enjoyable for everyone following!

[GKreindler]

Hey all,

I started to block in Jose this morning, and here are the results:





As you can probably tell, the first layers of oil paint tend to be a bit transparent, so the drawing is still pretty visible under most of it. In his face, however, I've made 2 or 3 passes, so it had a bit more meat and form to it. In other words, it's a bit closer to being finished. Closer, but still not close.

So during these first stages, I'm just concentrating on getting down some basic color and value relationships, and filling up the entire canvas with a block-in. Detail isn't really concerning me at this point - that stuff all comes later.

Still MUCH to do. But in the meantime, if you have questions or comments, fire away!

Graig

[horzverti]

Bautista's beard IS painted on...I KNEW it!

Thanks for taking us through the process again. It is very cool to see the painting take shape.

[baseball tourist]

Loving the progress thus far Graig! Really pleased to see you turning your talents to they real beasts in the East!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by GKreindler

Hey all,

I started to block in Jose this morning, and here are the results:





As you can probably tell, the first layers of oil paint tend to be a bit transparent, so the drawing is still pretty visible under most of it. In his face, however, I've made 2 or 3 passes, so it had a bit more meat and form to it. In other words, it's a bit closer to being finished. Closer, but still not close.

So during these first stages, I'm just concentrating on getting down some basic color and value relationships, and filling up the entire canvas with a block-in. Detail isn't really concerning me at this point - that stuff all comes later.

Still MUCH to do. But in the meantime, if you have questions or comments, fire away!

Graig

Remarkable likeness of Bautista, even in the early stages!

[thecatspajamas]

This one is going to be sweet! Good choice of images, especially with the personal connection!