Showing posts with label marine oil paintings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marine oil paintings. Show all posts

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Photographs that display my Paintings in a Room Setting - what do you think?


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
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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
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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