Seagull in Ireland

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Comment by Gunther Andree on October 4, 2016 at 6:05

Thank you Richard, I was not aware of the flattening effect. 

The other truth here is that I used charcoal and corrected my drawing so often that I had a lot of black on the canvas. When painting the black outline was not intentional but I did welcome it and left it as I thought it helped to separate the gull from the background. Thank you for the advice!

Comment by Richard Robinson on September 30, 2016 at 15:27

Nice one Gunther. Beware of outlining your subject because it flattens it.

Comment by Cristina Mihailescu on September 30, 2016 at 3:04

Adorable!

Comment by Gunther Andree on September 30, 2016 at 1:45

Hi Mairo, thank you for your nice and elaborate comments. I am very conscious of my learning curve and only lately I have more courage with the brushwork. There was only one seagull on the beach and it flew away when I tried to get nearer. I was disappointed but after this workshop I know that the frozen take of scene would also make a good picture. Workshop - well I have tagged this with workshop58 so we see what happens. Anyway I have painted for the fun of it .

Comment by Mairo Piroue on September 30, 2016 at 0:34

This is such an endearing portrait. I really like your colour palette; they render a very creative and interesting effect. I also really like the lively brushwork of the shallow wave. It gives such a sense of movement and creates an interesting contrast with the very compsed Gull. It's a real pity that you didn't enter the workshop with this imaginative version.

Comment by Gunther Andree on September 29, 2016 at 9:02

Oh dear, thank you Aurelia, thank you Jon. I really appreciate your encouragement.

Comment by Jon Main on September 29, 2016 at 8:56

As Aurelia says the 'softness' (brushwork/atmosphere) is really effective. Good one!

Comment by Aurelia Sieberhagen on September 29, 2016 at 8:32

Very nice painting.  I like the "softness" of it.

Comment by Gunther Andree on September 29, 2016 at 3:34

Thanks Eibhlin, it is from a walk along the beach close to Renvyle. We have friends there. Do you live in the west or east?

Comment by Gunther Andree on September 28, 2016 at 20:50

...yes I know too late for this workshop - but inspired by it.