#contemporaryrealism

Insta-Painting This image began as an Instagram photo, taken when I was bicycling past this little shop after work one rainy night. I put my iPhone down to the ground and snapped some photos. Later, I

I started this painting on April 11, and worked on it for several months before putting it aside for awhile. In that time, I painted three other paintings. I guess it was two months, so three paintings

You may have noticed I haven't decided what to title these posts. I'm not exactly an instructor, nor am I providing instruction. I think "demonstration" probably best sums up what I'm doing.

On the left is how the painting was when I began to work on it this morning. I looked at the brick building in the middle and realized there were problems with it, and it basically needed to be completely

This area has been bothering me the most, so I’ve been putting a lot of effort into describing the details as clearly as possible. This requires my fully understanding what it is I’m seeing in the photo.

Here is the latest view of my current work. The angles are a bit challenging, but I'm still having fun with it. I have the bulk of the drawing in place, so it's basically just painting details from here