Tuesday, February 22, 2011

My next "Melina" painting

I have a few different pictures of my friend Brianna (who posed as "Melina" for my first painting).
My next idea goes as follows:
Here is the picture that inspired it:
I'm changing several things.  I'm getting rid of the telephone wires in the sky, getting rid of the train tracks that cut off the view of the mountains, and deleting the building (that the gun is resting against).  Instead, the arm whose hand is flat on the cement will be cocked at the elbow and she will be holding the gun upright (muzzle toward the sky like it is except the magazine side pointed toward the car).

Her hair will be red.  Obviously, she is going to portray Melina, not Brianna.  She will be wearing a bare-shouldered little black dress and pointy red high heels.  She will be sitting on an overturned bucket (again, the building and the cement will be gone).

Biggest things I'm changing:
It will be at the break of dawn.  The sky off to the right will be dark blue fading into black, and the sky off to the left where you can see the mountains will be orange fading to the right into blue. The horizon will be the brightest part of the sky.  Because the time of day is changing, I'm also changing the color of the car.  It will be a royal purple (my favorite color).

I'm adding a bit more sky space and a little bit more space on the left side in front of the vehicle.  Since the rising sun will be located to the left of the picture, all shadows will be dramatically flowing out behind the car and the girl toward the righthand side.

This one shall be called "A girl, a gun, and an empty gas tank."
I'm just waiting on the 18x24 canvas I ordered to arrive on my doorstep, and I shall begin :)

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