This is "Miracle Mile", a smaller oil on canvas, 12 x 16 inches. Sorry, but the pic turned out a little bluish. The Miracle Mile is a stretch of road west of downtown Los Angeles on Wilshire Boulevard. There's alot of old art deco architecture along there, including the El Rey Theater here in my painting.
When I began the execution of this piece, I started out rather loose and painterly. But the lack of detail seemed to be problematic, it felt unfinished and bothered me. So the result here (from 2 to 3 sittings) is a painterly, but finished out piece.
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nice and sunny!
The key to painting loose is to loose edges and paint bold and thick.
Thanks Alex!
Hey Bill,
It's a matter of personal prefrence... I felt it wasn't working well painted loose, it's a small painting with rather specific architecture and felt sloppy with the lost edges and simplification. So I cleaned it up.
I suppose some people like the surprise loose painting might bring to the work? I don't really know. But, if that style doesn't jive with you, it probably wouldn't pay off to keep trying to paint that way. At least you tried!
Hey BG,
Thanks, I agree. I do want to keep experimenting with the looser brushwork, I can always go back. I like the surprise of loose painting and what it brings to an artwork... but it isn't essential to a good painting. There are alot of factors.
Really marvelous...
Thank you very much...
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