Hockey Equipment - A Work in Progress

It is -1F (-18C) and snowing; it is wonderful weather for New Year's Eve.

My nephew Manny Legacé is playing in the 2013 NHL Winter Classic Alumni Game held at Comerica Park's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan.

The alternate goalie in the game was Chris Osgood who let in 4 of the 5 goals scored against Detroit in regular play.

The only goal Manny let in was scored in the final 2 seconds of the game which put the game into overtime with a three man per team shoot out against the goalies.

Detroit shot first and scored one goal against the Toronto goalie Michael Palmateer. With the pressure on to not let a puck into the net for the win Manny showed his true colours and the final score was 6-5 for Detroit.















I thought it fitting to do a little work on this painting of hockey equipment that I had started last year (see posting on 15 December 2012)  in one of the Still Life classes at KAGS.

I started by using burnt sienna and applied the first layer of paint on all leather pieces of equipment; the shoulder pads, hockey skates, the gloves  and a small amount on the  hickey stick.

While that was drying, I decided I would work on the trophy.  First, I had to do a little drawing to tighten up the hockey player and fix the base of the trophy.

Using aureolin I applied a wash of colour over the hockey player and on the brass plate on the trophy.

I will post this painting at a later date once I do more work on the hockey equipment.

Thank you for looking at my artwork.