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In preparation for Knights of the Road my biker model Michael Harlan and I sat two different days out on this lonely road waiting for the large trucks to come up and over the hill. Several reference photos would be used to create this painting. The first day we brought along a picnic lunch and sat under the shade of his truck. By sitting a ways back from the road we were able to capture each of these trucks in full scale with my digital camera. The second day I came in my car because of the photo equipment and Harlan rode his motorcycle. This was really scary not only because there were eight crosses in the immediate area from car crashes but Harlan could not see ahead of him as he was coming up over the hill. This was the only way I could catch him at this angle on my camera. He could, however, see me on a rock where I was standing. It was then up to me to get his attention if another truck was heading for him so he could get out of the way.

This is the work in progress. I sketched in the truck and then inserted another drawing of Harlan on his motorcycle from the second photo shoot in the same area placing the biker beside the truck. I then painted the truck in my choice of color as this enables me to? create the surrounding colors in the painting. I know you will ask... why is he on the right side of the truck? This idea actually came from an experience I had riding with Harlan out on an old road here in Nevada. A truck decided to play a dangerous game and pass us at high speed. Harlan paced the truck, not in an attempt to race with him, but to make sure that we did not fall behind the truck so that the rock and sand from the poorly maintained road would not pelt us. This was his main concern. The truck, hauling tandem gravel trailers increased his speed and was now going well over 100 miles per hour. The diesel engine's governor had obviously been disabled. Harlan could have out run the truck if he had been alone but he was afraid for my safety and dropped back. As expected, the rocks and gravel pelted us and as I buried my face in his back, Harlan was hit directly in the face and rocks pock marked his wraparound glasses as he shielded the rest of his face with one gloved hand. In Harlan's 30 years of riding he has found most truck drivers and other bikers on the road to be very considerate and helpful. This is the reason for naming the painting, Knights of the Road.

The road in my photo has been changed to take the viewer into and around the painting which cannot be seen in the top photo as yet. The eye will now be drawn down the road and into and around the painting while the cloud formation will also pick p the movement. The movement in the painting can be established in the beginning, usually through the initial drawing or sometimes by keeping my mental, visual conception of the finished piece as i progress through the painting.

This is the completed Knights of the Road . I have added the final details to the painting. They include turning on the headlight of the truck; painting in the smoke coming from the smoke stacks; adding more gravel on the side of the road; painting the American flag on the front bumper of the truck; finishing the desert and desert foliage and adding my signature.

Knights of the Road
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