KEITH PROCTOR ARTIST: Glory Days

Saturday, 24 October 2009

Glory Days

Oil on canvas 24"x 20"

I took a photo of these three girls running through the streets of Newcastle on their night out, i moved them around a little and changed the back ground, it was nice to paint.

14 comments:

Gerald Schwartz said...: Keith, This is wonderful.. Great coloring and composition..art143art143; 25 October 2009 04:09
Gerald Schwartz said...: Keith, Great coloring and composition.; 25 October 2009 04:10
Nicki said...: I love, love, love this! You have really captured their movement and the light so well. Bravo!
Nicki; 27 October 2009 04:35
KEITH PROCTOR Daily painting blog said...: Thanks Gerald and Nicki for your comments. / Keith; 27 October 2009 09:50
Diana Marshall said...: I love your paintings of people at night. What I can't figure out is how you manage to photograph moving people at night, do you use a flash?; 30 October 2009 21:50
KEITH PROCTOR Daily painting blog said...: Thanks Diana
I usually work from the photots i take , I add light and shade, change colours and move things around to get the painting i am after,I dont take photos in the dark, its light until 11pm over here in the summer and I made it look dark using oil paint !! / Keith; 30 October 2009 23:02
Diana Marshall said...: Thanks for letting me into your secret Keith it all makes sense now!!; 31 October 2009 03:39
rahina q.h. said...: I can feel the movement of them running! beautiful work Keith; 31 October 2009 17:10
KEITH PROCTOR Daily painting blog said...: Cheers Rahina / Keith; 31 October 2009 20:03
Sheila Vaughan said...: They look just like Stalybridge lasses Keith - nice painting as usual.; 2 November 2009 20:08
Paul said...: Hey mate,
Springsteen fan?
Nice sense of movement in this one and sense of drama: are they running from or to something?????; 3 November 2009 09:34
jeremy Charpentier said...: j'aime beaucoup cette peinture! je trouve l'ambiance, la lumiere et le traité général vraiment extraordinaire!; 8 November 2009 21:27
KEITH PROCTOR Daily painting blog said...: Jeremys comment in Engish
I like a lot this paint! I find the mood, the lumiere and the general really extraordinary treaty!
Merci Beaucoup Jeremy / Keith; 9 November 2009 00:29
becky joy said...: wonderful color and light. A lot of movement. Great.; 17 December 2009 07:25

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Saturday, 24 October 2009

Glory Days

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