Löwënhardt DVII Color Study

Russell Smith · 28 February 2007, 10:27 AM

I've been wanting to tackle Löwenhardt's DVII for a while now. The easel is currently open as I've finished up my Lafayette Escadrille piece and am working on drawings for the

Kurt Wolff piece, so I figured that I would go ahead and throw an aircraft portrait of the yellow DVII into the mix.

Löwenhardt!
oil on masonite
11" x 7"
final version will be 26" x 16"

Russ

Taz · 28 February 2007, 12:58 PM

Russ- Matches

LvR's description and looks great.

Taz
Terry Phillips

josef scott · 28 February 2007, 06:37 PM

Russ,

Looks very nice!

One note - I think it was discussed here before - considering the date of Löwenhardt's last flight (Aug 10), would the DVII have been a mid series variant (fewer louvres) possibly sans upper engine panels because of the mid summer heat, á la Udet's 4253/18?

Regardless, look forward to the finished piece!

Russell Smith · 28 February 2007, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by josef scott

Russ,

Looks very nice!

One note - I think it was discussed here before - considering the date of Löwenhardt's last flight (Aug 10), would the DVII have been a mid series variant (fewer louvres) possibly sans upper engine panels because of the mid summer heat, á la Udet's 4253/18?

Regardless, look forward to the finished piece!

Good question, Josef. I'll look into that before I begin the larger version.

russ

AAC Cadet Leader · 1 March 2007, 08:02 AM

gorgeous, warm yellows, browns and beautiful reflectivity from the sun, russ.

perspective-wise, the landing gear looks a tad narrow and perhaps needs to me tweaked as a whole a bit to the left(?) i know it is narrow gear, but perhaps you've got it just a bit too narrow, compared to the size of the tail feathers??

AAC Cadet Leader · 1 March 2007, 08:04 AM

oh, also, love your treatment of the lozenge - hinted, not mathematically rendered.

Russell Smith · 1 March 2007, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by AAC Cadet Leader

gorgeous, warm yellows, browns and beautiful reflectivity from the sun, russ.

thanks AAC

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Originally Posted by AAC Cadet Leader

perspective-wise, the landing gear looks a tad narrow and perhaps needs to me tweaked as a whole a bit to the left(?) i know it is narrow gear, but perhaps you've got it just a bit too narrow, compared to the size of the tail feathers??

nope. its right. I gaurantee it and I can prove it

. Keep in mind that this is a color study and not the final image. The perspective is worked out for a 26" wide painting, not a 5" wide onscreen image. the larger image means that the tail will appear larger in proportion to the rest of the aircraft.

Right off the top of my head I think the real viewing distance equates to something like 65'. thats how far away an actual DVII would have to look to appear 20-whatever inches wide on a canvas that is roughly 40" away from the viewer.

russ

Russell Smith · 1 March 2007, 08:27 AM

AAC, just to be fair I double checked the perspective. It is dead on. The only way it can be wrong is if the Windsock Datafile plan views are wrong, and I doubt that to be the case.

Russ

josef scott · 1 March 2007, 08:31 AM

Russ,

What's the concept for the Wolff piece?

Russell Smith · 1 March 2007, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by josef scott

Russ,

What's the concept for the Wolff piece?

That one is (will be) entitled "Wolff's Requiem". it depicts the death of

Kurt Wolff while flying MvR's 102/17. Both the color study and the final version have already been spoken for. I am hoping to have it finished by late april/early may-ish.

russ