Finishing Touches

Lots of finishing touches here. Worked on the main figures including Chris's nose. Clicking on the photo should bring up a larger view.

The painting is dry to the touch at this point and needs to have varnish applied. Here is a photo of how the edges are painted black (and a closer look at the filled in signature.)

Nose Job

Chris complained that it looked like he had no nose in the painting. I had to agree it needed work, so I dove back in to work on his helmet and face. This one seems a little large.

How's this??

Here is my more serious reworking including some changes to the helmet and windscreen. I still may need to go in for more surgery.

I worked on other details and the pavement. I also, gasp, signed it (I hope I didn't do that too soon.)

Flags, Knees, Faces, and Photogs

I decided to risk adding some detail over the crowd. I say "risk" because I don't want to draw your eye to the edge of the painting ....and then out. However, I think they look nice and give me the feeling of being in Solvang. 

I also liked that the crowd has knees, cameras, and a few heads actually, sticking through the orange fencing. I added a few of these near the foreground making the chute feel a little longer.

The details on Chris Horner were cleaned up a little. I took another pass over his helmet.

Since my last posting, I worked on Chris and Jono's heads. I cleaned up details and changed the skin color some (it is always hard to trust that these photos on the web look like the real painting.) Through some small changes, I got Chris's head to rotate a little and Jono is closer to pointing at Horner. 

In the background, you can see the group of photogs back at the corner. They took a couple of tries and I have changed the yellow fenceline 5 or 6 times. 

Here is the current progress photo of the painting. If you click these images, I think you will get a larger view depending on your browser.

 I lowered the detail on all of the banners and am trying out removing the big "GEN" on the fence in the turn. The bike still needs its Photo 3 decal. I have some work to to on the pavement and fencing, but the painting won't change too much now when viewed from 20 ft away.