"Surveyor" 6 x 8 oil study on canvas panel $150 soaking wet!This big egret must not have seen me on the river bank, because he flew by slow and close. I liked that he seemed to be surveying the surface of the water, because sometimes he flew so low that his wing tips nearly touched the water. I painted this from the photo I took. I ALWAYS have my camera around my neck! If you have taken a workshop with me, you have seen me at my sunrise demo with the camera hanging into the paint, practically! ...The painting lesson here is a bit of a "broken rule" for oils, which is USUALLY to start with the dark colors. (The rule is "Dark to Light...Thin to Thick"). I started with THIN, but thin LIGHT colors and I put the darks over them, THIN, still....THEN I put the thick whites in at the end...then a few more darks, because I messed up an edge...then more lights...then more darks...then....SEE? it's OK to break those "rules".
Beautiful! I never think of those rules when I paint - except maybe the thin to thick one but that just seems the best way to do it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great painting despite all the 'broken' rules! How amazing it must have been to watch that great bird flying so close to you.
ReplyDeleteVery nice painting.
ReplyDeleteThat bird just glows! Beautiful use of yellow accents to make that happen. Who cares about following rules when breaking them makes a painting like this!
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