i almost abandoned this project. i changed the sky three times because it was too blue for my liking. but when i painted the atlantic, it was still too blue, but then i looked at some of the shots i've taken in 2015 and in some the sea looked deep blue. i hesitated for two weeks about the rocks. i couldn't get the colours right, and i had to watch a few tutorial videos on painting rocks and stones. i had meant to paint an image of the tallship 'bluenose 2' but it looked difficult to paint.🤣 then i thought i'd paint in an image of louise & ken @Weezilou but it looked even more difficult. 🤣🤣
i have another lighthouse in the wing, one i took when we were in prince edward island twenty years ago; i found the photo (no digitals then) when i was cleaning my war room. that one is more daunting because the colour of the land/soil there is very red but the atlantic ocean is also the same blue as here. i may have to paint plein air by next week, or probably just watercolours until the dust and the noise had settled.
this should have gone first to the discerning eyes of my artsygang friends, but i have no other painting to post tonight.
@monikozi will surely have a detailed comment about the technical aspect of it but I like it for the strong colors and light you have so aptly captured. I feel the roicks are done very well with nice contrast and textures. To borrow a phrase "aces!"
@grammyn - i learned today that i should not overthink some things. i just did the rocks this afternoon after work and this was the result. a lot of details like cracks have been omitted but i was losing daylight. i also thought they're okay, but we'll see what the experts say.
I like everything about this! So well executed! The strong light and shadow on the light house really speaks of strong sunlight on this rocky point. Your rocks read as rocks and that's all an artist has to portray, I think.
I like this very much. I have always admired the Edward Hopper lighthouse paintings. Your light and shadows on your lighthouse reminded me of Hopper’s paintings.
Cross my heart and hope to die: I really stared in wonder if it is a photo or a painting! I am in awe at the perfection of the shadows. The lighthouse and the rocks... well... they rock! I bow my head to you! @grammyn You are funny! :D :D :D I really have no technical comments on this one.
The lighthouse is just fabulous. I too had to look twice to make sure that it wasn't a photo. The rocks are also very well done. The only thing I might have done would be to give the sea a bit more colour variation or add some small waves to give it some depth.
@grammyn You are funny! :D :D :D I really have no technical comments on this one.