Tun Myaing

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I was really excited to tear into my new painting surface.  I bought these acrylic sheets from T&T Plastic Land at Canal.  http://www.ttplasticland.com/  They are both 20 x 35.5 inches and 1/4 inch thick.  My old painting technique was to glue a sheet of mylar on top of the acrylic block but it was too difficult to do on a larger scale.  
I've been wanting to paint bigger so I experimented with painting directly on the acrylic sheet.  After a lot of trial and error I found one tried and tested technique that worked: Burnt Sienna with a small amount of linseed oil.  I applied it with a paper towel first then used a brush afterwards.  Then I had to sand it down again and paint over it with a thin layer of paint.  The result is a beautiful smooth red painting surface :)

Music by:  Kevin MacLeod "Backed Vibes - Rollin at 5"
 

You can get hi res images of the painting in progress on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/tunmyaing

My first experience with painting on the new smooth red surface that I've prepared.  These two paintings are going to be part of my new series that involves  the house I grew up in Myanmar.  It's like painting on Martian soil.  

I use a loose form of the Bargue method to block in my drawing.  I learned this on my first day at the New York Academy of Art and it's still a useful technique if you have a reference that is to size.  

Here's a link to a pdf of the Bargue method if you're not familiar with it:
http://academyofrealistart.com/arawp/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ARA_BargueMethod.pdf 

The next step was to just try to get the tone correct by putting in the darkest dark and the lightest lights.  I"m really not thinking about color here yet and I want to keep it fresh by leaving as much of the ground left untouched or at least showing through.

Music by: Kevin MacLeod "Acid Jazz"
 
You can get hi res images of the painting in progress on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/tunmyaing

I worked on a lot of the drawing issues this time around.  I created a make shift ruler for my painting because there were too many lines, especially while painting the bed.

Music by: Silent Partner "Parasail"
 
You can get hi res images of the painting in progress on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/tunmyaing

I'm having a lot of fun painting this piece because I used to play on those stairs a lot when I was a kid.  There are lots of memories tied to those stairs.  It has also been a good challenge to try and keep the red ground alive and visible while not letting it effect the values too much.  

Music by: Kevin MacLeod "Covert Affair - Film Noire"
 
You can get hi res images of the painting in progress on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/tunmyaing

It's been a while but I finally got time agin to be in the studio so here's the latest on my painting.  It's slow going but I think I've improved the tonality of the walls.

Music by Silent Partner "Lay it Down"

You can get hi res images of the painting in progress on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/tunmyaing

It's been a while but I'm slowly trying to finish this painting.    

Song by Silent Partners "The Place Inside"

This is my long term project where I try to recreate my old living room from scratch using found images and images I took on my recent trip.  I wanted to be able to control the lighting and tried using Sketchup but in the end I used foam core boards to create a physical model of it.  The entire project includes creating my own version of a triptych that includes panels that will use magnets to attach and re-attach to the main painting.  I will keep updating the progress of this project here so check back in a couple of months.  

This is a palette painting that was made for an upcoming show at Abend Gallery (https://www.instagram.com/abendgallery/) on June 16th 2017.  The image is of my mother from an old photograph.

Music by: John Deley and the 41 Players "Seeger" 

You can get hi res images of the painting in progress on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/tunmyaing

20x30oil on canvas  2016-

I started working on this painting in 2016 but I'm not sure if it's finished or not yet.  I may go back to it one of these days.  This was my first bedroom in my old house but all the furniture has been moved around.

30x20 oil on canvas 2016-

This closet used to be in my first bedroom from the first painting but it was moved into another room where it is completely out of context.  Just like the other painting it's not fully finished and I will probably go back to it someday.