These 2 are done on Seymour mountain. It's about a 40 minute drive from home. A lot of time was spent on observing the different colour spots before the stroke is made on the surface. I really enjoyed this process of painting the light and the shape it creates, to create the illusion of reality.
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| Edge of the forest - oil on panel - 9" x 12" |
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| Seymour in fine mist - oil on panel - 9" x 12" |
This one was done at Colony Farm in Coquitlam. We got there pretty early so the sun was still low and the air cool. When I was done at noon the light wasn't as appealing and it became very hot. It's undeniable that mornings re charming, but it is still hard to wake up early.
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| Coquitlam River in the morning - oil on panel - 9" x 12" |
This was done on the balcony when I didn't want to go out to find a place to paint. Finding a location to paint day after day near the same area can become very taxing quickly, because there are so many things to consider before a location is picked.
I find the hardest thing about a painting where there's such a value difference in the view (in this case the bright sky and the balcony in the shade) is to obey the key through out the painting. By that I mean I first key the sky, then everything else that gets painted needs to be compared to the sky in turns of value. My eyes wanted me to paint the balcony brighter, but I knew it had to be painted darker than what my eyes saw because my eyes were just compensating. This is to keep the bigness in the picture. Marc Dalessio does this really really well. He has many paintings in the dark alleyways where this is evident.
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| Balcony with sunny sky - oil on panel - 12" x 9" |
