Tag: reflections

Grasses in Water

I really liked the reference photo I had for this painting.  It was hard to really see at first – kind of busy with vertical and horizontal / diagonal lines.  And then it came into focus.  In retrospect, I think using frisket for the plants would have made them stand out a bit more, but in the photo they were a very pale wheat color without a lot of contrast.  I made them more contrasty and added darker browns and some greens for a better (I think) effect.

Water is a tricky subject – until you look at it a bit.  Flowing water is a series of colored shapes.  Reflections have some rules, but I have to re-read about those.  I am not too sure how I would express ocean waves crashing on the shore at this point, but flat water with a few ripples seems easier each time I attempt it.

 

9 / 365 Mucky Corner

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Between getting used to being back to work after a two week holiday, and multiple visits to the dentist this past week, I’ve been too tired to post.  So, en masse, here come some more corner pictures.  Hopefully, I will get stuff out daily, even though I get to continue my visits to the dentist(s).

With the heavy rains (for us), rain is puddled in the tracks of vehicles and feet of hikers.  Toward sundown, it’s another way to see the sky above in the pools of water.