March 07. Mixed media. Gouache and emulsion paint on card. First I did a basic underpaint with blue emulsion, then a torn piece of blue paper was pasted on to form the mountain range followed by loosely brushed gouache for the clouds and foreground.
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Hi, Steve,
This is a perfect painting. Kudos to you. For my tastes, I would have made the mountains a little more rugged with a few crevices and valleys where water has forged its channels - careworn, in fact.
I have a new sunset at my blog.
Regards,
Coral
Hi, Steve
I meant to say: I love the movement in this painting – the wind behind the clouds, the white caps, the boat sails, the foam brushing through the sand. One could get seasick just watching the painting.
Regards,
Coral
Thanks for the comment, Coral.
This was an interesting exercise at a craft class (different class from the art one).
The tutor had us cover the paper with dark blue paint then tear a piecs of paper to use as a "negative" stencil for the mountains. while applying the sky with a sponge. Most of the foreground was painted with the edge of a piece of card.
A quick, effective technique which needed only a little brush work to complete.
I too wondered about putting some texture onto the hills. We often view the island mountains locally and the detail is not visible, but what I think would help this scene would be a variation in tone on the hills to give some more depth, which realistically, is how we see them.
Steve.
Hi, Steve,
Thanks for the explanation. The mountains kind of jumped out of the picture because of their starkness and the technique used is SO different from your usual style. But it is an innovative idea, say, when you want to blank out a large church or when there are a LOT of buildings to paint - the New York skyline, for example -you could cut the templates and windows in different sizes to represent each building.
Regards,
Coral
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