Dear Subscribers,

 

Greetings!

 

It is a momentous occasion. We've just broken past 1,000 subscribers. My
very first newsletter was sent on April 26th 2009 to only 6 people.
Thanks to you all who helped spread the word. Slow and steady.....

 

Announcing this month's Subscriber Sale! During the month of April,
these three pieces will be available to subcribers at a substantial
discount. If interested, just shoot me an email. First come, first
served basis. See prices below (All with free shipping in USA):

 

 
 

"Green Vessel" 
($450 framed)                       "Jenny"
   ($450 framed)

 

  

"Anna"   ($300 unframed)

(Was in Salon International 2010 at Greenhouse Gallery. Some minor
scratches are present on the outer areas of the panel but not near the
face)

 

An article was posted
  about my last painting "Path Before
Sunset, Bernal Heights" on Bernalwood 
, a blog about the Bernal Heights neighborhood. That's awesome.

 

New cityscape: another view from Bernal Hill in SF. I'll show you some
obstacles I worked through on this one.

 

First stage:

 
 

 

Next stage:

 
 

 

Next stage. Trying to establish the overall colors and values:

 
 

 

Next stage. Starting to break it down:

 
 

 

Next stage: The concentration of lights in the middle of the skyline
will be a focal point. At this stage I don't like how the color scheme
is working. Too many things going on. The whole thing lacks unity:

 
 

 

Next stage: I start killing the saturated blue in the middle area. I
establish a second focal point where the foreground meets the middle
ground (the greenish street light):

 
 

 

Next stage: The saturated blues and purples in the distance aren't
working for me. I subdue the purple in the city skyline and decide to
set the time of day to a bit later into night rather than twilight. As
the city darkens I also darken the foreground path area:

 
 

 

Next stage. Obscuring more of the purple:

 
 

 

Next stage. Resolving detail:

 
 

 

And the finished painting, "Nightfall Path, Bernal Heights"

(12x24):

 

  


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painting will debut at my Solo Show July 2013 @ STUDIO Gallery)

 

New still life.

The setup. The objects are straight across but I plan to add depth.
Ideally I would have set them up in a deeper space, but fudging it will
probably be ok:

 
 

 

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And the finished painting, "Iron Ensemble"
  (8x10):

 

  

 

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I made an animation of the above stages. See it HERE
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By the way, all my animations are collected in one location. HERE
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Until next week,

David A. N. Cheifetz
www.davidcheifetz.com  

 

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