Sea Of Light - stage 2

 First colour pass on the sky which I took quite slowly and carefully as it needs to be kept light and subtle yet still relatively colourful if the lighting idea of the light burst near the boat is to work - the whole of the painting has to kept light and airy to suit the title.

Colours used: Kings Blue Light, Manganese Violet, Burnt Sienna, Permanent Orange, Naples Yellow Reddish Extra, Cadmium Yellow Pale, Lead Tin Yellow Lemon and Warm White.

Sea of Light - stage 1

 Apologies for a dearth of recent posts but I have been unable to access my blog for new posts until today when a Mac expert managed to reconnect me - a new Google Sign In procedure caused all the problems....

This is the tonal underpainting stage of the companion painting to the previous "Sea of Shadows" the progress of which I was unable to post. I have a burst of light by the boat, a motif that I might develop as a visual device and an alternative to the points of light that I have recently been playing with. Whether there is any mileage for this in my "Point of Light" gallery work series I'm not sure yet.

I want this one to be full of late afternoon light as a contrast to the relatively gloomy "Sea of Shadows". 

Oil on linen 22" x 16".

Dawn Fortress - stage 4

 I think the mosque needs some tweaks tomorrow before I glaze/scumble in the morning mist. Hopefully I hope I can sign it off tomorrow afternoon...

Dawn Fortress - stage 3

 Painted in the basic fortress and rocks and the first colour pass on the morning mist at right. Hoping to get in the mosque and sea tomorrow ready for a final colour pass over the whole painting and finish on Sunday. That's the plan anyway...

New colour used: Ultramarine Violet.

Dawn Fortress - stage 2

 To get the sky how I want I first have to paint in the pink and then glaze the blue over it (on the right hand side). In the meantime I have gave the rest of it a desaturated blue/green wash. The painting will be based on a blue/green - red/orange colour complementary.

Colours used so far: Phthalocyanine Blue, Phthalocyanine Green, Dioxazine Purple, Burnt Sienna, Quinacridone Red, Permanent Orange, Lead Tin Yellow Lemon and Warm White.

Dawn Fortress - stage 1

 This is kind of a study for a forthcoming larger painting in my "Point Of Light" series. I have realised that I need to get some paintings done for upcoming Every Day Original slots as well as needing work to take to IX in October. It looks like I will be exhibiting the Point Of Light paintings at the Abend Gallery in Denver CO early next year and need about 15 for the show and have done 5 so far so I need to press on with both directions at the same time...

This will have an interesting light and colour to it which I will carry over to the larger painting but need to try my hand at painting water first so this is where I will start. This could be an old Crusader castle taken over by the Ottoman Turks who have built a mosque in it and is probably located on the coast of Turkey... not that this ever existed as it is of course a fantasy....

This is the tonal underpainting stage using my usual mix of Burnt Sienna and Dioxazine Purple thinned with Liquin and applied with a rag and flat brushes.

Oil on fine cotton 16" x 12".

The Outsider

 

This is the fifth in my new series that has a working title of "Point Of Light". 

A modest house on a well kept plot sits on a ridge amidst a poor neighborhood near a derelict petrol (gas) station, in the background is a distant brightly lit city skyline. The person/people that lives here seems comfortable to live away from the conventional norms of modern life represented by the glittering city and quietly get on with the way they want to live albeit in possibly reduced circumstances - a price they are happy to pay.

Each painting in this series is designed to make the most of the elongated panoramic format and I always saw this one in my mind as three horizontal strips, the night sky, the glittering city and the dark foreground. I think the next one will be connected to water, maybe a lake or the sea..... or maybe reflections in puddles.....

Oil on canvas 39" x 16". I always give the canvas three extra coats of gesso sanding down between coats to fill in the weave a bit so that it is nearer to my preferred painting support of linen.

There is a step-by-step progress through this painting in previous posts on this blog.