something a bit different
Wiren
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I've been gone from the boards since October-ish.... rethinking some strategy, time-spending and art... up for something a little different.
I have been doing some Encaustics lately... photo's on gesso boards covered in hot wax to add some textures. By doing it this way, it will keep my expectations for sales low (since sales are a rarity anyway) and wil keep my cost of production down. I plan to create a 20x20 print, find a nice aged frame for this and sell it at the gallery i'm a member of.... framed, I am thinking it will put me out a smidge over $100 and possibly $125, plan to sell retail at $475 (my gallery takes a 25% cut) which, at worst case scenario would leave me at just over $200 profit... it ain't much, but will help create more and that pays for my hobby and gives me the satisfaction of somebody enjoying my efforts at art.....
i'll take any opinions you may have on the work... the heat gun and wax will add some darkness to this as well as texture that doesn't come through in a jpeg image..... I names this "The Spheral Chime"
I have been doing some Encaustics lately... photo's on gesso boards covered in hot wax to add some textures. By doing it this way, it will keep my expectations for sales low (since sales are a rarity anyway) and wil keep my cost of production down. I plan to create a 20x20 print, find a nice aged frame for this and sell it at the gallery i'm a member of.... framed, I am thinking it will put me out a smidge over $100 and possibly $125, plan to sell retail at $475 (my gallery takes a 25% cut) which, at worst case scenario would leave me at just over $200 profit... it ain't much, but will help create more and that pays for my hobby and gives me the satisfaction of somebody enjoying my efforts at art.....
i'll take any opinions you may have on the work... the heat gun and wax will add some darkness to this as well as texture that doesn't come through in a jpeg image..... I names this "The Spheral Chime"
Lee Wiren
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Really love the technique you've chose, although I've never heard
of it, the results are very pleasing to the Eye. The Clock and Tree seem
to lend well to each other and the pleasing tones and grass tie them all
together.
Very Nicely Done !!!! Look Forward to seeing more !!!
Craig
Burleson, Texas
Thanks Panther.. here is some more info on the encaustic process
I took shots of the tree and the clock on the same foggy day about 3 hours apart.. I was truly hoping for a scary looking tree that looked like it had arms reaching for the clock, but no dice, this tree in an empty field with the fog worked well though.
The clock was at a local mass transit station and I used Gimp 2.8 to detach the clock from the rest of the image and a green screen software program to implant it into the image with some layering (I don't have PS, so.....)... the rest is texturing with onone software.
I appreciate your comments and interest.
Lee
Choice of shared subject works (reminds me of clockwork orange)
Your composition is excellent - consider raising the clock a bit (a frame will cut into the base) and your name somewhat lower to the right
Good luck
Both have been considered and are on schedule to be changed..... I had the same thought about the frame and plan to move the clock up to account for that and my name is going to get a smaller so as not to detract from the image any...
Thanks
+1
Technique is there....and envious of it....now the concept must match it.....should have impact....cha-ching!
When the final waxed version is done, I will update the thread... maybe another week or two (?), I plan to rais the clock to acount for the thin border of a frame I have yet to find.... but don't want the clock to be cut off at the bottom. There is a little more pedestal on the bottom of the clock I can add in that if covered slightly by the frame will have the clock raised enough to show what you already see.....
As far as too much sky.....meh, that's subjective I think and I tend to like the amount of sky, but i'm hearing you and that's fine.... just call it dead space....
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Ok gang, really appreciate your comments, thoughts and crit.... I re-worked the image a little, couldn't quite recall how to duplicate the exactness of the texture from the first effort still learning the new software i'm using), but I made the clock larger and put my name on the clock face to hide it within the image....
They are drawing attention and messing up the tone. JMO.
On the crop, I shot the tree originally as a Portrait, so there's not much room to the right or left of the tree to begin with.... I cropped it square to take away too much sky and also the excess amount of grass at the bottom. I wanted the tree large enough to have definition but leave enough room for the clock. Making the clock so big makes it seem crowded, but I think it's a better look than having it too small just to leave more room.
And I like hearing that it has a 3-D effect with the size of the clock, another reason for enlarging the clock is that the POV of the clock is slightly looking up at the timepiece, thus making it closer and having the tree further in the distance makes it all seem more correct, if you were standing close to a clock and had a tree in a field, I think this would be the more approriate view.
I appreciate the feedback again, i'm hoping to have a print ordered soon and will work the wax into the image... i'll snap a shot of the framed, waxed shot so hopefully you can all see the finished product with some additional texture from the wax and the darkening from the heat gun that will add more character than there already is....
Lee
Consider looking at the tree layer saturation; the original appeared to be more fog bound
If the color of the bricks are bothersome consider a white vignette with some transparency to reduce impact
The named clock is a nice idea... It's time for Lee Wiren...