Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Port A Sunset-Try and Try Again..

This beach scene was my first successful try at painting wet on wet instead of letting the paint dry between each layer. But I can't remember what colors I used, and I didn't take notes, so I wanted to try again.
Port A Sunset I, oil on canvas 5x7 inches, finished, 4/2013.
On the second try I decided to raise the horizon line, to make a better composition by following the Thirds Rule. For whatever reason I think it looks better than the first version. The colors used were: Titanium white, French ultramarine, Cadmium yellow light, Indian red, Alizarin crimson, Cobalt blue hue, Torrit grey 2012, Prussian blue, and a tad of Cadmium red medium.  
Port A Sunset II, oil on canvas 5x7 inches, finished, 7/2013
Whole painting took about four hours, in two layers. First layer was to get the hard line between the sky and the ocean, and the second session was every thing in front.
Port A Sunset II, oil on canvas 5x7 inches, finished, 7/2013

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