The Process of Painting

My approach to creating works of art is almost always methodical.  Although I enjoy some measure of spontaneity most concepts are flushed out during the creative process.  On occasion paintings are created after I have fully realized an idea/composition in graphite form.  Some would argue then why paint the image.  For myself I believe painting is not drawing.  The marks with a pencil are not replicated in the passages of paint and in the act of painting things can change.  Brushstrokes are very much different then ones you create with a pencil.  Painting isn’t drawing!

Choice of colour and scale can change the viewer’s response as well.  This also makes the relationship with me during the execution of a painting very different.  The drawings are tight and the paintings are a bit looser.

Below is a fully render drawing entitled A Sun to Dissipate, beside it is the image so far in its painted form, although very similar there are some differences to my approach and hopefully when it is completed, at the very least it will be as engaging as the drawing.

Drawing - A Sun to Dissipate Painting - A Sun to Dissipate

The figures head seems a bit larger in the painting, but then again it isn’t near finished. I will post the image when it is complete.