David Caesar

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Rat study

Rat study, watercolour and gouache, 11 x 11", 2014
all images © David Caesar

This was to be a study for a large piece I'm working on. Now the rat isn't going to be in the painting at all, leaving me with an image that feels not fully realized, as though its half an idea. Anyway. I kinda like the study. Maybe I'll find another image to insert this one into. All of this does reveal the cut-and-paste way I often go about creating an image. Folks do the same thing with photoshop these days.

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Arrow

Arrow, acrylic on hardboard, 49 x 33", 2014

all images © David Caesar

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This was a labour of love. I spent nearly 700 hours on the thing, due in no small part to the fact that I had no idea what I was doing. I started with a rough drawing of the figure and eventually decided what the background was to include. This is the kind of trouble I get into when I begin without a plan.