I pass this once in a while for work and always wanted to stop and take a photo. Has the chance the other day and you can see (3rd pic) the sun directly behind it…awful lighting for my taste. I hated to use street view but I was determined to paint this.
We will be in Bayeux for a few days next month and would like a half day tour to the DDay Beaches. I know a half day only gives us so much! Any tour company recommendations? We are arriving by train and will not have a car. Thanks!
Good chance to practice proportion and perspective and have a go at shadows on a subject I don’t usually tackle.
Do you always start with a clean palette? I always did until I saw Liron Yankonsky on IG talk about not cleaning it. I haven’t been for a while and I do enjoy the “accidental” shades I get when mixing.
Been wanting to add people for movement. I was tempted to add more value/detail but I really thought doing so would screw this up. Room for improvement but I’m okay with it.
Getting the perspective of those stairs wasn’t easy.
Was back at my Alma Mater this weekend. This place has been there forever!
Originally built in 1840, this is now an Air B&B, and sits right next to one of the best western Pennsylvania brewery.
Swipe for the reference…wish I had the guts to go for the gorgeous spiral fire escape.
Lighting wasn’t great because of the smoke from the wildfires but I was in town for work and always wanted to get a photo with the bridge from the courthouse.
I asked yesterday about handling windows on this photo and received some good suggestions! Added just a few windows for reference and I think I got what I wanted. Thanks for the help!
I took this photo in Pittsburgh yesterday and I like the sun from the left and the contrast. I usually work loosely, and not sure how to get these windows in without inking/painting all of them. Because if that perspective is off, the entire piece will feel off. Normally with something like brick or stonework I’d just add a few. All suggestions helpful!
I cropped my original photo to get this diagonal reference from top right to bottom left.
Drive by this lighthouse a few times a year for work and finally jumped out to grab this photo.
Took some license by leaving out the overgrown trees and making it more orange brick than red to offset the truck more.
I pass this old train station every week and finally had a chance to get a photo. Sun wasn’t ideal but nothing I can do about that.
Really trying to incorporate people. Parts I like, parts I do not.
Read a quote from a watercolor artist who said “I’m greedy for contrast.” So I went extra dark with the shadow. While I’m not completely happy with this, it was a good exercise and glad I tried it.