The above painting went through a number of incarnations: here are two of them. The image above is the finished painting. The image below is after the second or third session. While this painting was having a "time out" I painted a very blue and orange painting. See the August 1 post. When I returned to this canvas I was over orange and strong colors. I wanted to do something very soft in color and feel. So I switched my colors, took a close look at the photo reference, (you can see it taped to the easel) and started to rework the painting. If I had been happy with the painting below (I wasn't) I would have started a new painting in the soft colors and finished the one below. The only thing I really wanted to keep were the five evenly spaced islands. Usually I would say that even spacing is a HUGE NO NO but sometimes you just feel like breaking the rules, or rather suggested guidelines.
Soft Summer Day
acrylic on canvas
20" x 24"
$480.00
©2013 Maggie Ruley
It's a beautiful sky Maggie! Great movements there and the light really shines through. Your colors are cooler also. I'm a real chicken when it commes to clouds and such, but I'll try it one of these days, just wait and see...:)
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to seeing your clouds.
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