5″ x 7″ oil
Today begins my adventure with painting beach scenes. I have always tended toward realism with painting but it is time to challenge myself as an artist to work quickly, not worrying about every detail but to achieve what I hope will be an impression of the scene that really draws the viewer into my work. Living relatively close to the beach all my life, I find it interesting that I have never spent any real time painting the ocean, beach or harbor but now is the time to stretch and be challenged in this area and I hope to get a lot better at it!
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Yes, work up that creative spunk and do it. Love the light and feeling in this one….this is loose for you, right?
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Yes, very loose for me. Now I need to be more creative with color combinations as well!
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Hey you are on an exciting journey!
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Definitely! I have a question for you… when you paint outdoors, do you let the paint dry in between washes or do you work wet on wet?
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I do both. I have several paintings going at once. They are 7 x 9’s and I will do the first layer set one aside and start another. I might have up to three going. As one dries I go back to work on it. This only works well in warm weather. The wet on wet is usually on a 11 x 14 but not always. It all depends on my mood of I want it right or loose. My tight might look loose to others though.
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Good to know — especially having a few paintings going at once. Makes sense, thanks!
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