IF: Skyline
This is not exactly a skyline, but it is a view from far below the steeple of First Presbyterian Church of Charleston, SC. We had an exquisite trip there on a gorgeous April weekend -- lots of inspirational painting ideas. Sorry this is a late post this week!
ok thought that look familar, painting of it, and i agree charleston has a lot of great things to chose from to draw from.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful painting!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I love the texture of the sky!
ReplyDeleteLovely!
ReplyDeleteexcellent balance of values - makes it read very well
ReplyDeleteA very nice picture, great colours
ReplyDeleteMichael,
ReplyDeleteThis is actually "my view" of 1st Pres on Meeting St. I deleted the other tower (there are 2 that front on Meeting St.) -- just to simplify the composition. I really like to lay things out in a 1,2,3 style (tree, tower, tree). Just FYI in case you were scratching your head and thinking, "Where did the other tower go?"
pyronik--
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your comment about the sky! I really thought about that.
I did this on watercolor canvas with a coral wash background as the first layer. Then I painted the sky with acrylic blue and white mixed loosely and with a heavy, impasto application. I really like this new watercolor canvas because it does a great job of allowing both thin and thick applications of paint.