I have been working on photographs that display my paintings in a room setting. This is for display purposes only, the painting may not be to scale. But I think it shows a viewer how a painting may look up on a wall in a room that is all decorated. I may include these types of views on my website www.pjcookartist.com for displaying different paintings in various rooms. What do you think? Is this something that helps you see how a painting could look in your house?
Thanks, PJ Cook
Great Art: tips and techniques from an award winning oil and watercolor artist, her work focus is interesting light and shadow patterns. Favorite subjects are Seascapes, Flowers, Still Life, Illustrations, Graphic Design.
Showing posts with label marine oil paintings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marine oil paintings. Show all posts
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
Blue Moonlight Oil Painting - Next Step for a Large 4' by 4' Painting On Canvas
The first step for creating a successful piece of artwork is the concept and composition of the oil painting. Once that step is done I have started painting the background of the sky and the reflection of the sky in the water for this marine oil painting. Everything tends to look more grey in a moonlight painting so I have greyed down the blue with a complementary color (burnt sienna). You may think of burnt sienna as a brown but it is more orange than brown and orange is the complement of blue. Never use equal amounts of the two colors or you will get a muddy color. This painting is very large, 4' by 4' canvas so I am using big brushes to lay in the inital color.
Check back for my progress in painting a moonlit scene in oil paint.
Thanks, PJ Cook
Check back for my progress in painting a moonlit scene in oil paint.
Thanks, PJ Cook
Friday, September 11, 2009
Seascape In Oil - Next Step In Painting Ocean Wave
When you compare this step with my last post of painting the ocean wave it looks like I have not changed much of the painting. But actually I have spent considable time working on the breaking wave and on the foam near the wave. There is a lot of detail in the lower half of my 18 x 24" canvas.
I continued refining the shadows of the foam on the wave itself with my sky color and some viridian green and a touch of alizarian crimson. I painted the foam trails in the wave itself where much of it is in shadow. I paint in some of the spots of water with darker color and notice how some of it is brownish where the rock color is showing through.
So I will continue refining the wave and the foam as it moves towards the rocks in the foreground. This will take a considerable amount of time and attention to detail. That's it for today, check back for further progress. Thanks, P.J. Cook
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