giant canvas with process pics

[el coro]

this is a 67x92 inch oil on canvas painting i've been working on this week. i finished the block in this morning. it took six days to complete. it was kind of daunting as i've never attempted a stretched canvas painting of this scale, but it was a fun exercise in the end. i didi the composite in photoshop, the lettering was done by hand, then laid on top in ps. i then printed it, projected it (safety net), and painted it true to the reference. i wanted to post this so maybe i could get some feedback before its completion. i probably have a week of dry time ahead of me, so i'll be steady tweaking it before i lay the final glazes down. hope you like...-c36
http://www.coro36ink.com/updates/paintings/step6web.jpg
http://www.coro36ink.com/updates/paintings/step1web.jpg
http://www.coro36ink.com/updates/paintings/step2web.jpg
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http://www.coro36ink.com/updates/paintings/detail1web.jpg
http://www.coro36ink.com/updates/paintings/scale.jpg

[keyth]

that's absolutely amazing.

[Jason Manley]

ok mr kaufman you have finally outdone yourself.

jesus

[cucaracha]

a-w-e-s-o-m-e

!

lemme buy it for a beer :chug:

:nana

Seriously, everything in this image looks just great to me, the colors/composition, strokes and of course your unique semi-fotorealistic rendering
cu

(actually, this post had no real sense - maybe you should've posted this image in the ooh's and aah's forum :) )

[Atomick]

MADNESS!! :-)

The surrealism really "sings." I'm too much of a sucker for immediacy in my media, so getting that level of realism in the grafitti guy in a week is quite a feat in my eyes!

Gorgeous work, El Coro!

-Atomick

[Lono]

i dont understand how you work in patches like that.
your a machine... MACHINE!

thats a really incredable piece man.

-Lono

[Deth Jester]

very wicked! love the flow of it.. is that HWY 80? overpass.. hehe..

the guy reallly pops out of the picture like he is writing the graf.. so sick!

when you see you standing next to it to see the actual scale it blows my mind... fuck'n amazing Coro...

keep it up...

peace

[Tedsuo]

Dude, that is f'cking great!!!

Not to be the only one with a crit here, but a small one if you don't mind: The slivers of blue and white you're using to crop his face with seem a little harsh. It makes his face a little difficult for me to look at. But that could just be me!

Thanks for sharing; you just lit a fire under my ass to pick up my brushes again. :)

[!Garden_Gnome!]

*faints*
jesus thats so good..bows down

[Coma]

haha rad!

[davi]

Amazing El coro. One of the coolest pieces i've seen on CA.

[SpeeDFX]

I agree, this is one of the coolest paintings I've ever seen. EVER

[foster]

dude! you completely rock! i am thrilled and speechless. that is just so darn good. love the color!

jon

[KayCustomz]

bueatiful work man

[faz222]

Simply amazing.

[el coro]

thanks everybody. it feels really good to get this kind of positive feedback. this was definitely not an easy one, and i'm glad its been well recieved. this forum is a great test audience, and i feel alot better about this one now.
Keyth/Manley/cucaracha: thanks guys. your opinions mean alot to me...

Atomik: i too usually require immediacy, thats what made this one so hard for me, i think. it was frustrating, because it seemed no matter how hard i attacked it, there seemed to be 10 times the blank space...the grafitti guy i did this morning, probably 2-3 hours...

lono: i work toward tie off points. it goes against the basic rules of blocking in, but i find it much easier to work this way. i just hook up my painting machine and....:)

Deth jester: thanks. i had to sit atop a six foot ladder for 3 days to do the top. not fun at all. well kind of fun.

Tedsuo: i'm planning on running a glazed band of color around the figure to better rest him into the piece. really subtle, but it makes a big difference. i deliberated on the color around the face, but ultimately decided brighter was better. hopefully i can resolve it during the glazing stage...

Garden_Gnome! Wake up! and thank you.

Coma/ davi/ speeDFX: thank you guys. i'm glad you like it...

Foster: coming from you, shit, i'm speechless :)

[John Doe Humpface]

thanks for taking the time to document your progress. truly an honor.

[gekitsu]

man...

that is so great.

when seeing the scale photo, i imagine this piece hanging in a quite coldly designed living room. white, high walls. no round things, everything's sterile and edgy. black leather sofa, acrylic glass table and a big window front spanning across one or two entire walls of the room.
all walls are clear of things, just this painting in the middle of the largest spot of blank white.
that'd be it.

[TARGETE]

Damn dude great piece man, excellent idea execution and colors. A technical question do you project or use grid, or are you so skilled you can free hand that shiot bro? no matter sweet.


J.P.

[Fipse]

Great piece! What I like even more than the execution of the picture - that is amazing as most of the stuff I know from you - I really like this surrealistic idea, the mixture of townscape and mural. You´re breathing this, don´t you?

Thanks for showing the progress!

Fipse

[fell]

cant say nothing too.. thats just amazing, thank you for sharing.

[cotron]

holy shitballs

i love how there's the graphic element of the letters mixing with the more organic architecture...geez. you better make room, cuz this painting will have everyone on your nuts for months! :eek:

[Sedone]

Wow. I've been impressed by your work for a while now, and this piece only proves that your kung-fu is strong indeed. I went to this poshy art show last night and was sickened at how much crap can spew out of people's mouths when you have enough bad paintings hanging on the walls, and expensive wine being handed out. I'd rather be looking at stuff like this.

[eli]

wow, thats really out of this world. I love the realism that you capture so well! great job coro!!!!

I am working in acrylics right now, but want to do oils. I guess I am just afraid to try, cuz I don't know what brand is good for oils.

a week drying time? did u use any drying medium?

and what do you prime your canvas with? that brown color I mean.

[el coro]

thanks again everybody.
Targete: thanks man. i projected this one though. i probably could have winged it on the background and character, but there's no way i could have done the lettering. i was way too intimidated to attempt that without a safety net. big canvases scare me.

eli: holbein, gamblin and old holannd all the way...no dry medium, usually after a week, they are dry to the touch and glazes can be applied. i usually use galkyd for glazing. the under painting is part gesso, part modeling paste, part acrylic paint, applied with a coarse bristle brush for some surface texture...
i'm stoked to get such a response from this... i think i'll be showing this piece at a group show in may at 111 minna gallery in SF. anyone out in the bay area should come chack it out. it promises to be a pretty good show, 17 artists in all, some of the other artists that will be showing are: Ron English, Sam Flores, Nate Van Dyke, and others... kind of a juxtapozie crowd, but i dont show too much these days(real job), and i look forward to showing with some old friends....

[eli]

wow, thanks coro man!!!! I spoke to you before and you said to peep you out next time I am in sf, and I was just there last friday and didnt call, now I wish that I did... ah well, I am definetly going to that show in may... do you have a date for it yet? let us all know... I will surely be there and I would love to meet up with you next time I am in sf... I am there a lot but have just not wanted to bother you.

thanks again... I think I will make that transition to oils soon... I am getting frustrated with acrylics.. they are cool, but I just want to get into oils, they look so much better.

awesome work, awesome responses thanks!!!
eli

[nick reynolds]

Oh man, don't temp us poor art students to spend our rent money on a trip to SF to see your incredible skills. That is going to be one hell of a show. Maybe I'll come across alot of money and be able to go.

That painting is so fantastic. I can't even express it’s greatness in words.

[wes9000]

great painting man, very inspiring

i'm in the process of working on a large canvas right now too and have been in a bit of a slump but this makes me want to get right back into it, thanks

-wes

[Loga4]

Indeed this something most awesome,
Coro.Thanks for posting.
Success!

[Soupy]

JEEZUM!!
I love the way this piece is based on graffiti. Damn, dood. So freakin good.:eek:

[RipperMcGuirl]

Man, your dedication to your craft shows in every single stroke and line...you are truly inspiring, I hope one day I'll have half the skill you do. =]

[killing.people]

amazing el coro.
to me, the letters look like they turn into buildings. and the buildings turn into letters. i like how you paint cars and city scenes ..
.. that is a huge canvas.

-kill

[dilation]

absolutely amazing ... that's my new favorite piece from you ... a huge inspiration to paint more

[mR.anGel]

that frekin cool dude...i got my start in art through grafitty and good ol blak books...thats an awesome way to incorporate grafitty into a painting good job!!:beer: :chug:

[R_M]

So sweet.......

you really deserve constructive comments for this one, but I can only praise! Now I know why your sketchbook hasn't been updated lately :D, and it was worth it.

[Tedsuo]

That's sweet that you're showing at Minna. Please let us all know when that happens.

[MindCandyMan]

One word Awesome. At that size it is such a powerful image. DUDE!!!!! I can't get over it...man awesome awesome awesome. Now to get the canvas out of the room right heheh.

[AfroLaxMan]

mr kaufman-

I am stoked because your subject and execution is fresh, and it encourages me to really explore a finer side of copmuter graphic art. I studied art history very little while at school, and I begin to kick myself more and more as my artistic mind grows. This is a refreshing piece, and I think you should paint more of them, especially with this size of canvas. Please use us as test audience, we are all eager to see things of this magnitude.

thnx for sharing, and I hope the peeps in SanFran take it in such a positive manner we do here. I bet the actual peice speaks bigger in person than it does here in this "minature- web-pic" state.

werd.

:afro2:

[jekki]

wow. awesome. pretty good eye direction with the graffiti shapes. flows well around the canvas

one crit is that the green arrow on the lower left, the way it is now.... leads the eye out of the canvas especially since it is already in a corner.

you might want to redirect it somewhere else...or mute it down.

[WerxOne]

elcoro,

just wondering if you are a graffiti artist or was inspired by it

[jaymz]

Killer piece El Coro! You need to have your own show soon.

-J

[el coro]

thanks again y'all.
jaymz: yeah, one of these days, eh...what about you?

WerxOne: i started bombing back in 91-92, back in el paso, texas. i started pieceing in 93, with CTS crew, and i've done it off and on ever since. you cant ever forget where you came from, you know? i still try to get out at least once a month, but i only do legals now. i'm pushing 30, and it gets embarassing explaining yourself to a cop as to why you have a desk job and still find the need to go deface public property..but if i'm drunk in public and have a marker or something, i'll still get down. i paint with ICP crew outta frisco now.
Jekki: you know i thought about that, but i just had to put an arrow in there somewhere. i'll probably glaze it back a bit... thanks.
and to everyone else, thanks! any doubts i had about showing this thing are now gone, i think...you always hate your own work, in a way, i guess.-c36

[cotron]

you ever thought of posting any of your pieces? i mean, since they're legals and all... I'm just interested in seeing em...

[I.was.ink]

Just wanted to contgratulate you man! that is a really nice piece. I started about a monthe ago working with oils, and even though it's fun, it is really hard. well, just like anything new I guess!:p

Any tips you could send this way would be highly appreciated, I'm currently painting in my figure painting class. any suggestions for at home projects?

Other than that! Excellent job! The different perspectives you gave to the roof remind me of M.C Esher's work.

Truly inspiring! :eek:

BTW: How old are you?

[TJ Verhagen]

Holey shit! thats just AMAZING!
TRULY a work of art... wow.

[Boom]

amazing! I agree with the others here praising you - you really outdid yourself with this one!

[WerxOne]

thats cool,

glad to see another graff artist, i didnt get into it until 98
learned the ropes from a couple of guys from nbk and some other good friends, youve been doin alot better then me though if your gettin out once a month, and i hear ya on the legals. anyways im a big fan, you do outstanding work.

[el coro]

haha! nbk! i battled saint from nbk back in 1999! that's funny...i know jibs, he lives up here now. yeah that was the last real battle i was in. it was fun. maybe not for saint:)

i.was.ink: i'm 27. as for at home projects, be wildly ambitious. thats how you'll learn.

[WerxOne]

didnt really know jib that well, mostly worm and damn i cant remember the other guys name i think it was joey, havent talked to em in a long time though, met them through a friend of mine vapor. its a shame i havent talked to them in so long.

[Lost]

WOW! Its the biggest one I have ever seen!
I bet its hard working with something so huge!!


uhh..wait..can I edit that?



:beer:

[JoshuaTheJames]

sheesh...

bravO


-Joshua

[Don Wilkinson]

yeah no seriously this is truly awesome, and i was surprised to find that you worked on it in patches as well, but the end result as far as a i can tell is going to be incredible, no crits here :)

[balo]

This is so amazing. In the detail I love the mark you have on the cars especially. I usually do the figure first in a painting while you saved it for last, was there a reason for that? well great great work.

[Cannibal80]

:bow:

I am not worthy.

It's.... it's... painfull and... marvelous. I just came home, had a couple of beers, logged on to conceptart.org and clicked. I think I studied your photo's for twenty minutes or somethin'. Is the guy in the painting the picture or the painter? Does the artist paint the picture or does the picture paint the artist?

It shows that you put a lot of yourself in the painting. I could never do that.

Damn.

[el coro]

thanks again...
Cannibal80: deep. the title is "and let the world be your canvas", i think theres a symbiosis between picture and painter...thank you for your kind words. its hard to put alot of yourself in a painting, but sometimes you've got to take that chance. that keeps it interesting.

balo: i saved the figure for last the same way you eat dessert at the end of a meal...its always better to get your licks on and establish a direction before you paint the figure, although i'm guilty of the opposite alot as well. i think another contributer was that i almost always work from top left to bottom right. i'm getting quirky in my old age...

Don Wilkinson: i had to paint in patches. i treated it as six mini paintings as opposed to one big one. again, with age comes idiosyncrocities... :)

JOSHUATHEJAMES: thanks

Lost: i'll show you HUGE....i'll be up to your office later...(oops i meant to private message that) :)

[rockstar4783]

that is one of the most beautiful things i've ever seen:shocked: :inlove:

[Hardcore]

Crap crap crap .... :bsflag: .... ok I love it :nana

[nardfrog]

HOLY SHIT! I thought it was big but then I see you next to it and its fuckin huge! The guy in the painting was done so masterfully, I love it! You must have a high ceilling.

Im blown away justin.