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| Morning light at Staithes SOLD |
Here's one of my paintings from Staithes last week. It was all about the light hitting the top of that Landrover on the slipway for me, plus of course the sparkle on the water.
It's fairly large at 12" x 16", one of my favourite sizes to work outdoors with.
I wanted to show you some close up shots of the brushwork, because at first glance you may think this painting is very detailed but it's not at all.
I did finish off a couple of touches in the studio from memory, the few photos that I took didn't come out at all because of looking towards the sun. All the information was painted in there on the spot, it was just a case of reconfirming certain passages.
It's quite a tricky subject when faced with lots of buildings, especially white and light coloured buildings that are in the shade. There's a tendency to make them too light in colour value (because you know them to be white) and also to dot all the i's and cross all the t's when it comes to things like putting all the doors and windows in. Personally I am far more interested in the effects of light, rather than architectural details, so I have to take a broad view of the scene. Of course I also have to work very quickly to get the information down before the light effect has gone.
It's fairly large at 12" x 16", one of my favourite sizes to work outdoors with.
I wanted to show you some close up shots of the brushwork, because at first glance you may think this painting is very detailed but it's not at all.
I did finish off a couple of touches in the studio from memory, the few photos that I took didn't come out at all because of looking towards the sun. All the information was painted in there on the spot, it was just a case of reconfirming certain passages.
It's quite a tricky subject when faced with lots of buildings, especially white and light coloured buildings that are in the shade. There's a tendency to make them too light in colour value (because you know them to be white) and also to dot all the i's and cross all the t's when it comes to things like putting all the doors and windows in. Personally I am far more interested in the effects of light, rather than architectural details, so I have to take a broad view of the scene. Of course I also have to work very quickly to get the information down before the light effect has gone.
