Starsky and Hutch
8" x 10"
oil on panel
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So this was a somewhat different approach for me. I decided to start with a strong line drawing, and let the lines be part of the finished piece. For some reason that now eludes me, I sketched with a red Sharpie. I'm not sure what I think about it. The ink bled through the paint, no matter how many layers. Some parts seem kind of cool, some kind of cartoony.
What I originally liked about the scene was the yellow truck against the cool fence with leaf shadows, but gradually that car in the alley seemed important. I don't know the model, it might have been a Mustang—it was some sort of groovy car from the late 1960s/early 1970s, the kind police detectives drove around in. Hence the title.
The original sketch. From one of my Commuter Art photos. |
The sunlit areas. |
The shadows. |
Sky and shadowed trees. Here I decide the trash bin behind the groovy car is just distracting, and I paint over it. |
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I like the red. I never thought of using a Sharpie. Looks like it was fun to do!
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