難得的機會

好一陣子沒畫了,心血來潮,想拿起油畫筆畫畫,於是去了以前常去的Art or Not Terminal 畫油畫,一到那就發現和往常不一樣,大家都有著特別大的畫布,而我準備的是11X14英吋的小畫布.一問之下才知道這是三周相同Pose的擺設.這樣一來......真的是頭一回,有這樣的好機會,正在煩惱只帶了小畫布之際,Scott伸出了援手,說他車上還有另一張18X24英吋的畫布,就這樣拿到了張較大的畫布,而隔天特地拿了張特別好的亞麻布畫布回報給他.

這張一開始底是灰藍色,開始畫還不覺奇怪,回來後在一般光線下才發現那灰藍色和整體色調很不協調,於是將整張Glaze了一層黃綠色.
由於畫布上的底是壓克力顏料的底,畫過的朋友一定知道,這種底上油畫很難拖動,所以不容易留下順暢的筆觸,既然如此,將就畫布,就慢慢的上色,以顏色和構圖為主,就不留下筆觸.
這張在進行的過程中有遭遇幾個難處,周圍的環境光色溫偏高,然後主燈是色溫很低的,其實處理得當應該滿有戲劇性光影變化,但顏色過多也難以處理,於是我將主燈的顏色也改成和環境光接近,另外背後的紅布色彩非常強烈,於是上色時將飽和度壓低,避免強過於主體.
另外胸部的光影和衣服是這回最困難的地方,有將近兩個小時都在處理那周圍的光影.

每每畫完一張油畫總會有些類似的感觸,明知道一堆困難,明知道不容易,而且總是畫得虛脫,但還是不停的畫,真像在修行.

Some fun tiny sketches

用了.25極細墨水筆,每張圖大概都只有3~5公分大小,胡亂看書畫了些.
Each single drawing is about 3~5 cm. Had fun time in a coffee shop.

Window View_窗外一景

寢室窗外

一早醒來看到久違的陽光.搬了張桌子到窗戶旁,開始了這張畫.
一般我都是開比較小的畫布,但這回直接開了一張4000X3000Pixel的畫布.
這需要運算速度比較快的電腦才能畫,好處是可以留下很多筆觸.

局部圖

水墨山水

Revise

純色+陽光

Color study in the front porch this afternoon.

Doing some color study and HDR study recently. This afternoon the lighting is really pretty and I knew that with camera can do great job for perspective and proportion but it is very hard to capture the color and lighting. I took picture first and use that as a guide and paint in photoshop with what I saw in the front porch.

最近正在研讀色彩構成與高動態濃度影像.

今天下午那炙熱的陽光灑在陽台上,與常拜訪我們的紅領黑貓剛好構成一幅美景.相機要捕捉這樣的光線極度困難,更別想要呈現那氣氛,於是創作了這幅作品. 希望能抓住當時的感覺.

Reverse Ring+24mm Lenses:反接環與24mm鏡頭

理論上將超廣角鏡反接就是一個微距鏡頭,所以一些廠商做出了反接環提供這類的需求,有些玩家更是使用鏡頭蓋子DIY. 上面照片是8年前使用傳統底片拍的,地點在木柵動物園.

These photos were took 8 years ago in Taipei Zoo. Theoretically, just reverse wide angel lenses, and it will become a macro lenses. Reverse ring is designed for this. I use 24mm+reverse ring to finish these shots.

After Whistler-The Mast

Ink on Paper and scaned in Photoshp.

The original drawing link

Landscape

Yellowstone National Park

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Horses I

馬系列作品一

Crater Lake National Park

Recently, I want upload some more photos which I took from past few years.

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Glacier National Park and Montana 冰河國家公園和蒙大拿

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Most photos are from 2003. In that trip because of the wild fire, I could not see very well, and I didn't take many landscape photos but I did get chance to have some good wild life photos.

Big Sky,他們這麼稱呼著蒙大拿州,看不到盡頭的麥田與湛藍的天空,就這兩個元素組成世界上最美的一景. 至今那美景仍停留在心裡,每年都嚮往的回那走走.

冰河國家公園已經快消失了,因為在一兩年,在規劃的範圍內已經看不見冰河. 溫室效應的問題已經被提了千百萬遍,但仍阻止不了整個大環境的趨勢. 這些照片主要都是2003年時候拍的,當時森林火災,大多數的景色都被遮蔽,所以並沒有看到壯闊的景色,不過卻拍了不少野生動物的照片.

Mount Rainier_Carbon River. 雪山西北之旅

It is a 5 miles hiking trails. 6 years ago, we still can drive a car on this road but in 2003 becasue of the flood, they block the road and turn it into a hiking trail.

當提到華盛頓州的Mount Rainier,大家大概對這樣的森林不熟悉,這在山的西北方,2003年由於洪水把路基沖壞,目前只能步行或是騎自行車,全長5英里,距離西雅圖大約是一個半小時的車程.