Watching Taxi Driver as a young teen late one night on TV, I was struck by how the underbelly of New York was portrayed in Martin Scorsese's film. Even more powerful was Robert Deniro's sympathetic portrayal of a deranged Travis Bickle.
Here's the obligatory Bickle sketch done in marker and coloured in Photoshop, which was based on a photo off the 'net.
I've added some highlights since last time, but keep in mind that with the glazing process ( as far as I see it and probably not the most efficient way of doing things) all or some of the underlying glazes will be obliterated or modified with any ensuing glazes. That said, there will always be evidence of the layers in some form. At this stage, I am still blocking colours and shapes.
Happy New Year, everybody! This year, I resolve to spend more time doing and posting more artwork. We'll see how it goes. That said, this painting is slow in coming, but I thought I'd show it in a progressive stage with a few more layers of paint. The midtones and darks are coming along. I'm not following any general rule of thumb. This is my own interpretation of the glazing process and oil paint is so forgiving.
Haven't posted anything in awhile. Here's a detail of the underlying drawing and initial layers of undercoating for a painting of a friend. It's based on a photo I took of her. I'll post the finished painting once I'm done.
Here's the other profile study of a friend of mine that I mentioned earlier. Oil on canvas.
