Morning Calm9 x 12 Soft pastels on Art Spectrum Colourfix (black)
Miki Willa
This is another painting I did for the WC November landscape challenge. The photo seems to be of a dark, dreary morning. I thought the black paper would be perfect to capture the mood. I think it worked great for the pier, the reflections, and the boats. Unfortunately, I brightened the sky too much to keep the mood. One person suggested that I use the sky to indicate a bright morning and brighten up the boats. I will have to look at this one for a while before I decide where I want to go with it. I am happy with the bottom two thirds. This is a learning journey, after all.
The good news is that another of my paintings sold. The show has been hung, and we are hoping to sell even more.
4 comments:
Interesting problem. It's always such a challenge to try and metally adjust bits of a painting to see if they work better done differently!
I think the thing for me is that the water does not seem to match the sky. Not in colour terms obviously - but with regard to the light. I think if you tackled that then your boats might be fine
You are right, of course, about the water. I am inclined to work the sky to the water, as the water has more of what I want to convey in this painting. I may take my handy sponge brush and lift some of the lightness from the sky and go from there. Thank you very much for your comments.
Okay, non-artist person says that I love the color of the boats in contrast to the rest of the painting. I like the way it turned out!
I would love to see a darkened sky...
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