It is not a photo is a work by Juan José Calderón Jiménez, born on 25 march 1991 on Costa Rica And he has a passionón additional to aviationón, Make paintings aéair cabins.
Art tooén is part of the aviationón and today we are going to know the story of Juan José Calderon with his paintings, Who carries his Pasión for aviationón to the creative side, making stunning and realistic cockpit charts.
He tells us his impressive story:
Since the 11 añI practice painting, My godfather Juan Rafael JiméNez was a painter and artistástic, Unfortunately he stopped paintingñO 1998 due to degenerative disease, dying in the 2007, onceón for which I did not have the privilege of my mentor in art.
In my añI from primary my parents enrolled me to a drawing workshop to follow the steps of my tíO, In this workshop achievedé Paint my first óleo, being a boat in a lake and in the background a sunset, for study time while I was finishing primary and secondary school I had to stop attending the workshop, picking up again at 2007, to the present with 29 años continúor attending the workshop, así Samo Pinto in my house alsoén.
At that time andñPrimary, I liked airplanes, in my spare time I made airplanes with mud and clay, but they were breaking due to the type of material, At that time I remember an ATR-42 that hadíA fact in this material.
Over time, DECIDEDí that Aviationón would be part of my life, whatever position it was, But I wantíTo something related in this field, así that I took the first step to get my surcharge license, Laterén I could study and get the pilot's license. (I do not exercise this second one at the moment.) I currently workñor in the áair areaáutica as cabin crew in the airlineíNea Volaris Costa Rica.
The idea of painting the Cockpit of the Surgi aircraftó When in one of my instruction flightsón, mi instructor Jorge Guillen, he touched meó The topic of Cóhow to seeíto a photographíplasma on a canvas, said photographyíA was taken by the, and Nicaragua Lake was reflected with the OCéanus to the bottom. Tomé The challenge and decideí capture this photo on the canvas, The painting decisionsí regaláRSELLA AS A THANKS.
At the end of this work, He brought me to mind to combine art with aviationón, And what podíA Smart Algún species in specificífico, DECIDEDí The aircraft control cabins. The first paint was completed in the AñO 2013, steppedánand Boeing 777, lateé In finishing it 7 months. I liked your final resultó Much and sayí continue with this topic, today in DíI carry 15 Paintings of this hasáethics.
I have painted cabins of the Boeing 737, 787, Airbus A320, A319, Embraer 190, and King Air, all in different perspectives and scenarios. Each painting contains the buttons and switches of a real cabin, They are very thorough works that with great patience and dedicationón are taken out, it takes to complete a painting 120 a 150 hours approximately, since the sketch is traced on the canvas, until you put the signature.
The first step is to make the initial drawing, dividing the canvas into equal parts, marking important points of the painting, These points defineán the details that máSWAKE GIVE YOUán presence to the work, this first step is essential that it is correct, because the rest of the continuity of the painting will be based on it.
The second step consists of painting the first layer of paint, which we call “stained “The fabric is covering with this first layer, covering all your pores, for laterés Continue with a second layer, this second layer is already defining the colors and certain details, Sometimes depending on the paintingíTO TAKE TO Málayers.
AfteréS The final details are placed, marking with chalk the positionón of each botón, taking their measurements and painting them each, It is in this step is where máS Time is consumed in these paintings, There are some paintings that secún their perspective are más complex, due to the shape of every detail, And some cabins may have más de 200 buttons, That's why I like to work quietly, without hurry and go out the details conscientiously, When something is always complicated, I ask my art teacher who gives me the guersíAs and guidelines to move forward this complex part.
Once the paint isá list, the signature is placed, It is allowed to dry and a special protective sealant is rose to óleo, It is sent to frame to finally be delivered to its ownerñO.
I currently have several commissions that I hope to be able to complete soon., I have a Learjet on the list 35, a Corsair F4, a Boeing 747, dos Airbus A320, un Cessna Caravan, I am currently working on another Airbus A320, which to beá List in the PRónext weeks, It has been a commission of a great friend Mía.
The painting más recent is a boeing 737 in approximationón final (main photo of this post), the biggestíA of my paintings have been made using the oils that my tíor leave, él teníTo hundreds of paintings and brushes that by inheritance I stayed at Mí, and I'm taking advantage of them, On the other hand many of my friends in the Aviaci guildón también support me with art, ¡such was the surprise that a colleague gave me, regaláWe do two boxes full of paintings, which belonged to his mother, without a doubt a great treasure!
I would like to comment that I am in conversations with Galeríace in MéXico to organize a first exhibitionóAeron art náuseful, which to giveá place in the City of México, There is no confirmed date yet due to the pandemic, but it is expected to be able to continue with the plan soon.
Making these paintings I reason Más in continuing, pursuing proposed goals in life, and dusting oldños. Perhaps if at that time my instructor had not proposed to paint his picture, I would not have realized that I couldíTo paint airplanes, The achievementó arouse something that I was capable of and at that time I did not knowía. I had the joy that reality was another and today I enjoy my time every time I will draw a brush knowing that I will recreate the cabin of an avión.
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