Painting

[nonionay]

Here's a painting I did last night. I poked through a book of photos of Ireland until I found a promising one. I wanted to use a limited palette, so I used phthalo blue, phthalo green, burnt umber and white (since those are seriously the only colors in Ireland. That and whatever colors farmers spray paint their sheep.) I actually didn't end up using hardly any of the green (and added a few drops of yellow to that) The only place I used it was in a few spots on the rock and at the base of the beacon. The sea at lower right looks like a churning pot of poo, but it could be worse, and I like the rest of it.

So here you go: Baltimore Beacon, acrylic on paper plate.

Comments

nice

[saycestsay.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a paper plate? Looks like one of those plaster medallions.

I like this painting. Even the "swirling poo" looks real. Though I didn't know the towers were cone-shaped; that caught my attention. Nice lighting detail.

[ruralwriter.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous!

[shadesofmauve]

since those are seriously the only colors in Ireland. That and whatever colors farmers spray paint their sheep.

That is so very true.

I like how the brushwork defines the cliff face. :)