Punta Gorda Florida where we are is on the Gulf of Mexico and has some fantastic sunsets & sunrises. Viewing these beautiful happenings, led me to want to do a painting of my vision. We are up early in the morning, so we see most all of the sunrises. I'll let you decide if this is a sunrise or sunset in your eyes.
SUNRISE - SUNSET No. I
24 x 18 on Heavy Linen paper
First off, let me digress------------------------------------------------------------------
I most always say that my paintings are done using a big brush and palette knife. Well a viewer asked what I considered a big brush.
This is my BIG BRUSH!!!!!
It is 2 inches wide and holds a lot of paint. I use this brush for my skies, my oceans and on occasion I use the corners for foliage etc. Using this brush is almost like painting a house - you can slap on the paint in no time at all!!!!
OK - digression over!
Soooooo I start out by SLAPPING in the sky
I then SLAP in the ocean from the horizon forward
I bring some of the orange reflection from the sky into the foreground - just lightly indicated
Detail of some of the ocean
Now using a smaller brush I throw in some palm trees using quick loose strokes
Detail of palm trees
I now sort of balance out the scene by throwing a larger palm tree that will break the horizon line and give more credibility to the separation of the sky from the ocean from the land
I throw in some foliage to separate the ocean from the land - using my big brush
Detail of larger palm
This was fun to do and I feel I'm starting to get a good sense of the level of looseness I want in my work.
Take care my friends - enjoy life.
JR :>)
