‘type: The Unfathomable Times New Roman’ (work in progress, circa 21st May – 26th June 2020)

For my dearest Readers I thought I would share two artworks in the early stages of progress.  Please appreciate the freehand pencil work is purposely faint, awaiting the oil painted letters.

Photograph above is ‘type: The Unfathomable’ in ITC Kristen font.  The sketched text shown is with HB carbon pencil.  Background oil colours are Aquamarine, Cerulean Blue and Titanium White with a refined linseed oil, mixed together, then applied onto the canvases using one palette knife.  The palette knife was kept low to the canvases in a consistent swishing motion for uniformity.

Work in progress photograph immediately below is ‘type: The Unfathomable Artist’ penciled in Times New Roman font with the word Artist placed vertically.  It should be noted I intend to produce two further pop art oil paintings on Winsor & Newton 36 inch by 28 inch canvases with the ‘type: The Unfathomable Artist’ text displayed completely horizontally on one line.

‘type: The Unfathomable ITC Kristen’ (work in progress, circa 21st May – 26th June 2020)

The text sizing limited my use of fully horizontal typeface for the 25 lettered characters across 20 inches.

‘type: The Unfathomable’ appears on the ITC Kristen font canvas purely for visual impact.  Artist is vertically aligned in the Times New Roman canvas for design experimentation.  Whilst viewing Times New Roman I suddenly thought it would be super to surround the word Artist in a neon-like light glow 🙂

(you can view an impressive iron gall ink version of this work by clicking the link)

I consider these two first edition pieces as study works for my future canvases.

The Times New Roman canvas received a secondary palette knife overworking to sophisticate the blue textural background qualities.  My ITC Kristen blue canvas is raw in palette knife construction to suit the simplicity of the font itself.  Some palette knife lines are partially visible in both canvases.

Concept is to distinguish the two artworks one from the other in the design process.  The pencil work will be overlaid in alternated Yellow and Green oil paints beginning at the word ‘The’ with Titanium White grammatical colon [ : ]details.

The word ‘type’ will be completed in Lamp Black using the Times New Roman font you see here in both canvases.  Times New Roman in Black is used in the original digital Pop artworks I produced (see footnote of this article for the link).

Photograph below shows my ITC Kristen version of the two, first edition, canvases drying.  The Times New Roman blue canvas lay left of ITC Kristen on a workbench also drying in readiness for pencil and oil paintwork.

‘type: The Unfathomable ITC Kristen’ (work in progress, circa 21st May – 26th June 2020)

Pop arty facts for these pieces: the blue latex gloves were useful in mixing the blue hue I desired for the backgrounds.  I erased some pencil work from time to time using a pencil rubber directly onto the dried blue canvases.  Times New Roman has interesting brushwork at the canvas edge.

I shall certainly experiment with canvas edge brushwork detailing in greater depth with appropriate oil works in the future.

The two oil paintings in progress on this page are based upon my digital Pop Artworks originally pictured in my blog article type: The Unfathomable Artist [click to read].

I’ve decided to include further works in progress for these two pop artworks here on this page.  Two latest art sessions detailing Lamp Black paint work on ‘type’ along with additional palette work for the background of the Times New Roman canvas shown immediately below:

‘type: The Unfathomable Times New Roman’ (work in progress, circa 21st May – 26th June 2020)

Times New Roman font canvas, with Lamp Black added to ‘type’ immediately above.

‘type: The Unfathomable ITC Kristen’ (work in progress, circa 21st May – 26th June 2020)

ITC Kristen font canvas, with Lamp Black added to ‘type’ immediately above.