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Winter Evening: Step 11

I began working on the interior of the room by blocking in the wall colors. I am working wet on wet, and since I don’t really have any reference material for the walls, I am still experimenting a bit with the colors. I have decided to get the floor painted, and maybe even the fireplace, and then see if the color of the walls needs reworking. I will definitely go back in once the colors are dry and do some touch up, and a little highlighting where the light from the fire strikes most directly. The problem with photographing a painting in progress is that the wet paint really reflects a lot of light, and brush strokes that do not show up in the original, and certainly won’t be so distinct in the finished piece, really stand out in the photo. Hopefully I will be able to get a better picture once the paint has dried a bit.

I really enjoy painting wood, as you may guess from looking at my other paintings. I worked as a cabinet and furniture maker for several years, and had plenty of time and opportunity to observe wood on a fairly intimate level. I think getting the colors right is the key to the whole thing… after that, you almost can’t screw it up. The floor is basically finished on the right side of the piece, with the exception of a light oil glaze to add some luster and a few highlights to set it off and give it a varnished look. Those steps will be some of the last work on the piece.

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About Bryan Larsen ~

Bryan Larsen

"I was born on February 12, 1975, and have been drawing as long as I can remember. By the time I was in high school, I knew I wanted to be an artist, although at the time I didn't have a clear idea of how exactly I would use my talents to make a living.

"As I continued studying art, I began to suspect that fine visual art was dead. No one seemed interested in teaching students how to draw well, or paint well. More often than not, my own skills exceeded those of my instructors.

"The only field left that seemed to require good drawing, painting, and compositional skills was illustration, and therefore I began studying illustration at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. I became even more convinced that I had made the right decision in staying away from fine art as I endured course after course of required "drawing" and "painting" classes in which instructors required me to draw with "less focus", or use ridiculous materials such as shellac, glue, sand, salt, etc.

"My second year at Utah State, I met Damon Denys. In discussing Art with him I realized that there were other people who believed that technique and subject matter were indispensable components of any work of art. I then decided that I would work to develop my own painting skills with the purpose of creating artwork that I considered worthy of being called Fine Art.

"Since that time, I have studied on my own: Drawing from live models to learn the human form, studying proper painting techniques from any source I could find ample reason to trust, and developing a philosophy of Art based on reason, and life on earth.

"My goal is to portray the heroic and romantic in human nature and human achievement in a realistic style and a modern setting. I place particular emphasis on composition, technique, realistic detail, proper craftsmanship and consistency of style."