Jose Bautista painting from our 3rd raffle...

[baseball tourist]

One year deal at $18m with two option years at $17m and $20m respectively. Not what he was looking for but I for one am happy to have him back.

[MartyFromCANADA]

Originally Posted by baseball tourist

One year deal at $18m with two option years at $17m and $20m respectively. Not what he was looking for but I for one am happy to have him back.

Make that 2. Go Jays!

[GKreindler]

Hey all,

Here's another Jose update.



It's only a small section of the painting, as that was the main portion that I was working on today. I had mentioned in a previous post that it was important for me to have the background not only sit back - behind Bautista, of course - but also to have it seem like it's receding along the general slop of the grandstand. The way I've started going in that direction involves making the figures in that first row or two a bit tighter than everyone else that's above/behind them. They're by no means refined, but you can see a bit more nuance in them than the people higher up in the painting. So, in that regard, I think it's getting somewhere.

You might also notice that the areas that were wet in that last update are now dry and much more matte looking, which is what can happen with different mixtures. And again, that'll all be corrected once I can oil out the thing, be it with some glazes or a final varnish.

Anywho, hope y'all dig it, even if it's not necessarily as exciting as the stuff going on on Bautista himself. If anyone has any questions, feel free to chime in!!

Thanks for reading,

Graig

[baseball tourist]

Looks amazing Graig! Love learning more about your process. I can really see the graduations you describe coming to bear.

[clydepepper]

Graig- Your work is truly amazing!

I cannot thank you enough for not only sharing the details of your efforts, but providing many of us a certain level of education on the how-to.

We will be well versed in the technical side needed for such a masterpiece, though without your immense talent, we would never be able to create a similar results ourselves.

We sit at our keyboards in awe!


Thank You,
Raymond

[Kawika]

The Rembrandt of the Ballyard

[irv]

Looking great, Graig!

Thanks for sharing with us an update.