English Riding Spurs Painting

If you've been post-obit forth with my painting career yous've definitely seen me paint several pieces of equestrian equipment.  It was merely a matter of time earlier I encountered a dainty pair of riding spurs.

These are apparently of the English riding tradition as opposed to the Western riding style.  I've learned that western spurs are those ones with the points.  You lot know?  Those typical spurs you see in all the movies and in cartoons that depict cowboys!

I spent a considerable amount of time setting up the spurs to create what I hope is a pleasing composition.  Amid the two separate spurs, their straps and complex organization of metal I had many confusing options to choose from during the setup phase.  Likewise under consideration was the perspective any unknowing viewer might have of the spurs painting after I painted information technology.

This is something I would think every artist deals with only I've never heard any of them talk nigh this.  The fact that we are creating an image and there may be some confusion as to what is happening in the composition.  I've found myself arranging notwithstanding life items to tell a clearer story to the viewer.  This is truthful fifty-fifty when setting upwards objects to look "found" or "randomly placed".  Much thinking and arranging goes into even these kinds of arrangements.  Information technology turns out random isn't random after all, only whatever mathematician would probably tell you the aforementioned!

This painting was a technical feat in that the spurs were quite difficult to draw accurately.  There's likewise the notion that there's 2 seemingly identical ones.  Anytime this happens in a painting the artist has to take detail intendance in rendering each detail identically. This is to ensure a passing inspection to a viewer with a critical middle.  It'due south easy for a critic to play the comparison game.  So there was some pressure on me to become this symmetry correct.

Here's a detail of the painting showing the topmost buckle.

The composition for this artwork marks a drastic deviation from my usual compositions in that I choose to paint wood grain behind the spurs.  I normally resort to a neutral background – both neutral in colour and subject thing every bit to not accept away from the focus of the main subject affair.  This time I wanted to try something new and hopefully the wood grain doesn't have away also much focus from the spurs.

At 24 by 18 inches and with all the particular involved this painting took a actually long time to consummate.  How many hours?  I have no idea but, its undertaking involved around 12 painting sessions.  I usually complete a painting in 4 sessions.

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