I abandoned the previous painting I have been working on as I wasn't happy with the composition and felt that I could never correct it satisfactorily and would be just wasting my time on it. I still like the idea and will return to it when I come up with a better composition.
I felt I needed a change from the exotic Orientalism stuff and thought it was time for a few Fantasy landscapes which I need to take to IX next month. I decided to see what Midjourney could come up with as it seems well suited to this kind of imagery. It came up with quite a few possibles and I chose this one to start with and I decided to stick quite close to the original MJ piece as I wanted something dark and contrasty which this reflects. In the end I warmed up the colours, redrew the city/castle, rocks and sea but kept pretty close to the sky. I think I'm going to have a John Martin feel to these landscapes...
I will be taking this to exhibit and hopefully sell at IX in Reading PA next month.
Oil on linen 22" x 16"
There is a step-by-step progress through this painting including what colours I used in previous posts on this blog.
Midjourney
No comments:
Post a Comment