Thursday, November 21, 2013

The Roofers

I noticed Joseph Zbukvic's newest DVD is titled People at Work in which he paints a lot of figures.  One of the examples from the trailer is his demo of some men working on road construction.  Their orange and yellow vests reminded me of a gouache piece I painted of workers wearing the same vests which I hadn't posted.

A location for one of the paint-out groups in August was at the Los Angeles County Arboretum.  It's such a lovely place for plein air artists that I've done four previous blog posts of pieces painted there.  It was a very warm day so I didn't venture far from the entrance area and the cafe where we meet to look at each other's work.  As soon as I started walking in search of a view to paint I noticed some men working on re-roofing the gift shop building.  From one of the walkways, I had a great view and they were so colorful that I had to try a painting.  I used gouache because of their bright vests which really caught my eye.  I really enjoy these not-so-romantic subjects.

5 7" gouache


We always have peacocks checking out the art.

6 comments:

  1. Sherry - very nice. Those workers add so much to the over all landscape. Hope you have a great day.

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  2. Nice, Sherry. Everyday subjects and compositions are the very best, IMO. You really captured a moment.

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    1. Thanks Terry! We think alike on those everyday subjects.

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  3. Great idea to paint normal working life. and Great painting too

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