Oil on canvas, 16 x 16
This is a low-light photo that is not very detailed (you cant see strokes--it blends/blurs strokes where some actually exist; you can't see canvas; you cant see many details). But the daylight ran out, and today was the deadline, so I wanted to get something up to let you know I did this.
This was a great assignment. It was beyond my current abilities. But that's what lessons are for. I'll never look at things in the distance the same again. And I can't wait to return to Monterey Bay and Carmel.
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Ah..ha! That's why im so attracted to your painting..becasue of the light and how it affects everything around it. Im after it my self., trying to understand it and apply it on canvas is sooo important for me..but what i've learned in your painting is a feeling the colors have... a feeling that tells a story..that's where i want to get to. It's really about me and projecting that so others can get a story or a feeling. That's where i want to go with it. I want to make people cry or feel an emotion or think about an experience. You know what i mean?? I think you do and if you don't im just letting you know that your painting here tells me a story, there's a mood in the water, the man staring out and waiting or looking for something. the distant clouds the weather..all that is what im looking at..at yet it is so simple. Mine...i didn't put to much into it..they were just studies in understanding color and making it clean not mucky. Working on composition and the placements of objects and the distance between the two. Once i understand it... i will put all together and maybe just maybe..i will hit that zone or projecting a feeling or mood in that canvas. Happy Painting Betsy glad your on board.
Very peaceful feeling in your painting - lovely!
So many good paintings and learned so much. There's something that caught my eye on this one. There's paintings that are just.. that ..paintings.. and then there's a painting that pulls you in,that tells a story.
I see how you didn't over due the boats and the people. Sometimes making it simple is the best. Very well done Betsy. Thank you for posting and sharing. Really studying this one. Very well done.
Thanks Dorian and Jess! We all had fun on this one, didn't we?!
Very good Betsy! Smile to you : ))
Really like this Betsy!
Thanks SO much, Michael! I sweated that pier stuff, believe me! (Actually sweated the whole thing, but that's another story...;-))Looking forward to more conversations about art with you in the future! I learn from your posts and your sure-handed handling of your brush is a real inspiration to me. Thanks again!
Very good painting Betsy!! Love the way you handled that difficult stuff under the pier! ..the shadow is believable ..it works.
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