My painting of the Woolworth Building from financial technology leader WhenTech‘s 7 World Trade Center office has begun. The first session was dedicated to creating the structure during the day – the picture will be completed at night. A special thank you to David Wender for the hospitality, and photo above.
After the jump, the day one painting process.
Setting up shop on the 34th floor of 7 World Trade Center.
A brief sketch to lay out the composition.
Starting with the Woolworth building on the right hand side with a nice, deep red.
Blocking out the entire composition, fitting in a sliver of the Manhattan Bridge.
A blue sky, which will serve as an under painting for the nighttime sky.
Here come’s Hooker’s green, you know.
The ongoing construction of the building to the right of the Woolworth has a great deal of orange, which made for a logical foundation color.
Hammering out the composition for the second time, things are feeling in place.
A deep purple for the darker planes of the canvas.
Adding the concrete colored building planes, covering the whites.
Here is where the canvas ended after day one. Tonight, I will begin cloaking the picture in darkness and painting in the lights of the building. The Woolworth at night is quite a sight, and I am hoping the composition will showcase it’s beauty. Thanks again to Mr. Wender and WhenTech for access to their beautiful office.
Wow, what a great place to paint from! It looks great, so far, I know it will be painted at night time, but I like the use of colour at this point!
[...] more of a night session, at WhenTech’s 7 World Trade Center office from the 34th floor. With the structure in place, this session became a reductive process – removing all natural light. The next session will [...]