Angel on Oak

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At first I was going to resize the oak board but I decided against that but instead continue on with her standing tall. Later I’ll add a flower in her left hand and re-do her facial features. I want to keep the painting simple with an aged appearance. When viewed in person she looks almost like a painting on the side of an historical building. The painting itself has an aged appearance which I really like..

Ironically while working on her today I watched the same movie which inspired the original drawing. I’d forgotten what I was watching when I drew her and forgotten where it was I heard the quote that stayed in my head since then.

At this time she is untitled but by the time she’s dry and ready to be purchased she will have a name. All progress for this piece can be seen by following me on Flickr.

Although this is an oil painting I’ve also relied upon digital programs to assist with planning steps for her completion. After scanning a photo I can open that photo in my art program and add different things to see if I like it. I also have a smaller canvas I’m working on to see what those changes would look like before I actually put them on the main project.

Say for some reason I decided it would be a good idea to fill the background with roses or something, which I won’t do but for the sake of argument lets say I want to do that. I’d first do it in photoshop. If I liked it I’d do a few on the small canvas then make the final decision from there. This allows me to get creative without messing up the main project. Most of the time I can just paint and not worry about it but sometimes I get this thought in my head, “Oh you know what would be really cool to do?” Then when I do it I’m disappointed. Photoshop and the small canvas have saved my projects more than once. Now you know why it takes so long to finish paintings. Hopefully this painting will be completed within the next two weeks and find herself in my Etsy shop.

Medium: Oil on 4 x 2 oak board.