Carrying on with the dramatic Fantasy landscapes this is another with it's origins in a Midjourney piece but this time I wanted to have more variation in colour as I felt that the last one was maybe a bit too monochrome. I usually use a Midjourney piece as a trigger as in this case when the dark land in the mid distance suggested to me a fortified city and then the cloud coming off the left side of it could be smoke coming from burning buildings. This then suggested a narrative of a city under attack with the phrase "Enemy At The Gates" coming to mind as the title and the scenario. The whole concept made the work of John Martin come to mind so I channeled a bit of him into the clouds and lighting. I dithered a bit as to how light and colourful the foreground sea should be and settled on relatively dark and subdued as compositionally it made more sense to not confuse the eye with too many light areas and kept the fire and the sky as the main focus for the painting.
Oil on fine cotton 16" x 12".
I forgot to post updates on this painting so there is no worthwhile step-by-step progress in this case on the blog!
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