"Fighting 17" - gettin' there!

[chicoartist]

Hi guys,

Put the finishing touches on the background this am. I have a love/hate relationship with clouds - the first couple of hours I'm usually seriously thinking about throwing the thing out the window, but as usual I press on and before long things come together.

Have to let the canvas dry for a few days before I start on the Corsair. It's 24 x 32 oil on linen mounted on panel.

Wade




Here's the small oil sketch I did to use as a rough color guide. Naturally, I changed a few things, but the Corsair will look pretty much the same (hopefully!):

[chicoartist]

After a bit of "fiddlin'" with the background while the paint was still wet . . . not usually recommended with oil painting because "fiddling" usually results in overworking or ruining what you do like - but I needed to adjust some cloud shapes.

[chicoartist]

Thought I'd snap a quick shot while stretching my legs. Here's the result of the first sit down session on the airplane. By the time I quit today, I'll have the national insignia and (red) prop hub and dome done.



Wade

[chicoartist]

Whew! Finally finished this sucka' . . .

Fighting 17
24 x 32
Oil on linen mounted to panel.


Full image:



Cropped in:


Wade