Hi!
Well, if you were with me last week, and were wondering if the tired 'puppy-dog eyes' worked, I didn't even have to use them. I walked into the room and Wes was still ensconced in the blankets.
I leaned over and gave him a gentle pat on the shoulder. A muffled 'Yes" reached my ears.
"Um...yes, what?" I queried.
"Yes, let's go to Louie's for corned beef."
Hah! I thought. Even better than Cracker Barrel!
Do I have him trained or what!!!?
Now about flame painting studies...
Doing a small study can help a painter work out any trouble spots before committing a concept to a large canvas. I'm not necessarily planning to paint a larger triple red candle, though.
I was thinking more of the distorted flame as seen through the glass rim. I wanted to capture the movement of a flame, and try once more to get the coloring in each zone of the flame right, especially in the low area where the flame ends on the wick.
This is a VERY tricky thing!
If you want to see why, just light a candle and stare at it awhile. As soon as you think you've figured out what you're seeing, it changes.
As if that's not elusive enough, it's also transparent.
So watch as the yellow-white luminous zone dips and rises and leaves a hint of itself against the blue as it moves. Sometimes you'll see a hard rim, and sometimes the edge is barely discernable so that you can't tell where the yellow ends and the blue begins.
Such alluring beauty in a flame.
And we're just talking about a candle flame. The type of fuel that causes a flame also effects the temperature, color, and intensity.
A very thoughtful couple sent me some photos yesterday of the beautiful flames in their fire pit. I think I'll take them some marshmallows and ask them if I can come observe the next time they do a fire.
I wish I had more for you this week, but be patient, a larger more fully developed painting is in the planning stage. I'm thinking 24"x12"
