Artist Studio
I painted these 3 watercolors for a scene in Rockland, Maine and I kept changing it to get a better more light filled composition. I will post them first to last and I think you will see that the first image is pretty dark and the movement in the painting is pretty harsh. In the
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This painting is about trying to get a lot of focus on the sky, and to create the glowing evening color. I wanted to have a nice movement with the light lifted cloud pattern that floats up and around in the dark violet clouds. The foreground I used a rich dark of ultramarine blue, Permanent Rose and Burnt Sienna, with a hint of light green which is applied with a one in flat brush.
I am not sold on the main cow in the front but at least it doesn’t look like an anteater.
This lesson is really just an attempt at creating a dark ominous sky and an exercise in learning a little more about painting rocks. Remember to draw your rocks big angular and hard that is what they are. Give them prominence but low enough in the sky that they will allow the sky to breathe. I am using a very dark value scheme and lots of rich dark blues, browns and yellows. Have a really good time with this a pay attention to the painting you must scrape the rocks just when the glisten has left the surface not after they left the paper and the whole thing dried. Big Brush, Bold Colors, and Brash Marks.