'Evening landscape' study in oils on linen 12 x 16 inches.
This simple study in oils of trees in the landscape was slowly built up using thin glazes of paint. I used opaque colors in the sky and in the water and transparent colors for the trees and land areas. This is one to do again as the result was rather orange! not easy to get the colors right, I am happy with the sky as it has a successful evening feel to it and a light area but I am not happy with the colors in the rest of the painting. I like the composition of the trees and the area of water that reflects the sky above. The painting took a long time to complete so it is a bit disappointing that it needs to be done again! However evening paintings are always a challenge! so it is back to the drawing board again!
Happy painting to you all!
6 comments:
Caroline, I really like it, and love the warm orange feel to it.
Hi Maggie, many thanks! it looks lovely at night under artificial lighting but it does look very orange during natural lighting.
Hi there Lass!... Simple yes... in some obvious ways visually... but very complex in others technically to achieve this utterly magestic "glow" that you have created in this painting!
Bravo!
Good Painting!
Warmest regards,
Bruce
Thank you Bruce, great to hear from you. It did take quite a lot of hours to achieve this orange glow, but it was good to learn some more!
Lovely glow to this piece Caroline!
Jeffrey
Hello Jeffrey! thank you so much for visiting my blog and for your comment.
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