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Got out of the city for a few days… rain and thunderstorms every day but I did get one painting in!
It started raining (again) right as I finished.
6×8 oil on panel, about an hour and a half.
Lady Mars Orange Marmalade Stapleford
Moderator: OIls, Pastels, Plein Air
Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken. -Oscar Wilde
Thanks everyone!
I got the painting in right between 2 thunderstorms… I knew another was coming so that really defined my time… rushed a bit at the end and you can see some rain drops on the lower right corner….that tree on the left was the lightest and brightest for most of that hour and a half…..it was a bit glowy…
Greens are always a challenge. Especially when everything is all green…
I use 2 blues, 2 yellows, and burnt sienna for the greens. But I’m getting a little bit tired of burnt sienna to knock the greens down so I might bring magenta next time, just to stir things up a little.
Watchoo doin’ way up North Jess?
Escaped from the city for a few days!
A problem with foliage (as newbies, such as myself, quickly discover) is that the natural scene usually derives interest from fine details that must be simplified in paint. The trick is, how to simplify them?
I’m still struggling with this…I work in shapes from dark to light, then go in after and do the edges. A good thing to do is look at other plein air paintings (that you like) and see how it is handled. There are a lot of different approaches that work well.
Lady Mars Orange Marmalade Stapleford
Moderator: OIls, Pastels, Plein Air
Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, it’s lovely. I’d say you’ve mastered greens pretty well.
Congrats on finishing it before another storm hit. Lol."Choose only one master – Nature." ~ Rembrandt
i also see humorous roadrunner action reading you, surrrr on site pack up set up -2s pause- paint paint paint – one rain drop – clean up pack up shoulder surrrrr into the traffic balancing the wet painting upside down as an umbrella above your head.
gorgeous painting, you have accurate realism weighing the same as representation, love that. looking at one thing and seeing two at the same time, alternating, motion happening through perception only. great skills!
C&C welcome
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