Tuesday 29 November 2016

#147 Sunrise, Langstone Harbour 9.5x12"



Loved painting this! The sweeping shape of the mud flats and gorgeous light. I haven't painting the sun en plein air before. I had to be quick as it's dangerous to look straight at it, so once it peeked over the trees I tried to capture the glow, difficult with the intense colour and light tone. Also restraining how much yellow-orange I put in the rest of the painting to help the composition and give it more impact.
The mud I emphasised the red-violet colour and not the green seaweed. Putting in the big shapes first and the small details last like the mast and boats and birds. The sticky-up shape in the foreground I put in roughly to begin with and then went back to put in detail but when I looked up it was gone, the water comes in so quickly!

I painted this yesterday morning but photographing in the afternoon the result is so poor I had to wait to post it today, I'm missing the long summer days and more time to paint.



3 comments:

  1. Back in your marine element, it shows that you enjoyed painting this. I really like this picture. I know the area a bit and have always felt overwhelmed trying to paint mud but you have succeeded brilliantly. A lovely scene lit by the sun.

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  2. gorgeous work. Very well done in the freezing temperatures. Getting up at 5am
    simply does pay off!

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