Thursday, February 14, 2008

Sunrise on the Chesapeake, February 7, 2008


There is a lot of earth color in this sky and water scene.
Working from photos is very diferent than working from life, this is from a photo. I do a lot of plen air but I think it is important for me to understand how to work from photos too. This has a lot of sharp edges but softer ones too. It is either bold or garish. Maybe bold, bordering on garish. Compare to my posting from a few days ago of another sunrise. That one was done in Plen air,
the light conditions were different-not as much contrast-so it should have a softer look than todays positng. Even if we take that into consideration; the 2 paintings are remarkably different.
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