Morning, Jebel Moussa - stages 1 & 2

Tonal Underpainting

 As I mentioned earlier I have decided to go ahead and paint the same scene ("The Domes of Jebel Moussa") in daylight. Emerging from the gloom of recent paintings blinking into the light I want this one to have the look and feel of a bright, crisp morning with the sunlight hitting lots of wet highlights. As before I am setting it at low tide so that I can play around with channels in the sand and reflections of the sky and rocks in the wet sand. To this end I painted the tonal underpainting in two colours this time, the land in my usual mix of Burnt Sienna and Winsor Violet and to keep the colours clean I painted the sky in blue/violet.

Colours used were: Ultramarine Blue, Ultramarine Violet, Winsor Violet, Emerald Green, Permanent Orange, Burnt Sienna, Lemon yellow, Zinc White, Warm White and Warm Light Yellow.

Oil on linen 20" x 16".

First Colour Pass on sky and background