I was painting this 16 x 20" acrylic in a big hurry because I was with my dog and there was no shade. I did the rocks, sky and water in an hour. I left the sand undone and ran to the car to get my dog in the shade and turned on the air conditioning. As I sat there, the women who had been at the beach crossed the parking lot and I snapped a few cell phone pictures of them and of two men. I went home and "fixed" an otherwise boring composition with these figures. I had to imagine the colors and many details as my camera is only 2 megapixels and the figures were tiny. I was thinking of
Joaquin Sorolla, whom I greatly admire. My only frustration is that this picture does not show the colors as they look in the painting. Rebeca
The process in this painting has given it an intriguing feel. I was in an Apple store and wanted to see what our site looked like on the Ipad. At first I thought someone had taken a picture of Rodeo beach. But when you enlarge the painting you can see the beautiful handling of the figures. I think you should experiment with more.
ReplyDeleteI really love the use of light in the figures and the water. Brava!
ReplyDeleteWow I love this too and especially the clever coloring and handling of shadow of the far rocks to create lots of depth and emphasize the strength of the light.
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