Two New Wedding Paintings

We have two weddings this September - the 19th and the 26th. Below are the two paintings that are finished for the occasions. I still need to build the frames. And I should make a couple similar works for myself!

Final versions of "wedding paintings" maybe!

In addition to making a third layer of color on each painting, I hand-painted some areas to make them darker or lighter.
I also added some gold highlights with a special marker.

Second color layer on the "Wedding Paintings"

I've finished the second color layers on my new paintings. Remember each color is held in place by a coat of gloss polymer medium. You might like to compare these with the previous post which shows the paintings with only the first color layer. I've kept the paintings in the same order on both posts. Now I must add a third layer of color to these paintings - the moment of truth!

First color layer on new "wedding paintings"

Now - fun with color! When the colors work somewhere near my expectations, then that's my kind of fun. Should I get a life?

Each of these paintings will get two more coatings of color - two more color layers. The next colors will be darker than the color already used. The painting below will be a challenge because it is quite dark already.

In my photography club, someone mentioned that vertical images are more dynamic than horizontal ones?

A new wedding painting

Here is the plaster with two coatings of gloss polymer medium.
Below the first color layer was done with yellow oxide and cadmium yellow. It is easy to see where I have removed the yellow.

The second color layer is an orange with some cadmium red. Again it is quite easy to see where I have removed some of the orange.

The third color layer has been done with a mixture of pthalo green and burnt umber. Lots of erasing was necessary to get back to the yellows and oranges.

Finally, I have added green washes in a few areas and some gold highlights in the doily textures.

I have painted a coating of polymer medium after each color layer.

New Wedding Painting

I've reached the final color (three separate layers - (1.) yellow oxide, (2.) cadmium red light and a final layer made up of (3.) pthalo blue, burnt umber and violet) in my sequenced photos of this painting's development. You might notice, when you enlarge this image, how the color has built up in the nooks and crannies and appears almost black.
Below is the entire painting. Does it look the way the details foretold? You'll have to search to find Sarah & Andy's names impressed into the plaster. The wedding is March 15, so I have to build the frame now!

"Wedding paintings"

I have called these large paintings "wedding paintings." Many have been given as wedding gifts - hence the nickname. They are 36" wide and 24" tall.

The following painting was done for Mike & Carmen - notice the large 'C' in the upper left corner and the 'M' near the middle -
Brandi and Matt decorated their living room around the requested purple and green of this wedding gift - The following was not given as a wedding gift - Britta's husband Bill liked this painting, so she bought it for him on his birthday - This was a very late wedding gift to my cousin Peter and his wife Peggi - Last summer we traveled to St. Clair (north of Detroit) to see Ryan & Laura married. They wanted lots of blue in their gift -