#going through the 3000 circles of deciding to quit your job i guess does that to you

[sirislayer]

Goodbye Little Sailor Man

2023, acrylic paint / oil pastel on canvas

Paint study

60cmx80cm (~23x31inch)

Photo reference taken from this backstage photo post by @mcelroyfamilystaff

I'm sorry for being such a weirdo but I think these photos are genuinely beautiful and invite to be interpreted in paint. Big learning and really challenging work. Kinda interesting color study.

I made grids and helping guides digitally and printed the guides on A4 paper with my office printer. Then used chalk to transfer the grids and lines onto the canvas and kept painting from there. There's some slight proportional issue nonetheless so its not fully identical to the photo ref.

#i dont quite know what to do with it now but i guess it goes up on the wall #going through the 3000 circles of deciding to quit your job i guess does that to you #mcelroys #im so sorry #griffin mcelroy #i swear its just this photo on its own where i go yeah i wanna paint this #idk the colors and lights are so interesting so i there was a challenge 😅 #painting #acrylics #acryl #acrylic #traditional art #study #reference #partially traced to put down guides and grids via paper transferral