My favorite little seascape to repeat. Number 4 version. Followed by D.Roza tutorial.
Oil on canvas sheet. A3 size.
I am continue testing solvent materials that I can get locally. And will need to search for 5500K lights to establish in my studio.
I think that sun needs to be covered with zink white thin layer to make it lighter in value than the yellow of the sky. Also I lost transparency of the wave...
I think when it dries I will go and glaze over with transparent colors.
Excellent creation Sunnylady and to be honest, yeah, I was missing some transparency in the wave (where I looked first at, before reading your description).
@paintingblondie - thank you very much!
Let me list colors he has from left to right.
Titanium white
Cad yellow
Cad orange
Alizarin crimson
Phtalo blue
Phtalo green
Indigo (Prussian blue plus black color)
Burnt umber
Special brown red. With pigment PR101. Winsor newton Burnt sienna works well as it is made of this pigment.
Liquid he uses is triple solvent: dammar varnish, linseed oil and pinen/turpentine. Equal quantities (1 part:1part:1 part).
Consistency of the paint every time he dips brush into the liquid is like drinking yogurt.
Brush for application is synthetic. Blending brush - natural bristles. 1 inch Bob for blending will work perfect. Keep blending brush perpendicular to the canvas and do a small amplitude. No cris-cross.
link to free video tutorial is here: https://youtu.be/bm_S_2eB0lg
It is in Russian but video is done super great so you can see and repeat without knowing the language as you have enough experience already in working with oils.
@Voy Kay - thanks for valuable feedback! it indeed looks like a concrete wall!
you know this photo is taken with the flash and I was surprised to see what it revealed: super open blue color in the sky when it was supposed to be grayish blue. I guess this is the consequence of working in poorly lit room . light temperature also suffered because of that. But most important wave transparency....crying here now... some of the paintings if cannot be fixed will need to be destroyed. Will see where an attempt to fix it will take me. A valuable quote I found from a professional artist: only one in seven painting is successful. So I am changing my point of view at my "masterpieces" and getting ready to destroy bad ones when time comes.
Dear Sunnylady, I once added some light colour in a wave with a wave brush, when the paint was still wet. It wasn't a huge success but at least the painting had significantly improved.
Wishing you luck and a kiss to dry your tears!
Wow @Sunnylady! The light on the water is so rich, warm, and captivating. Wonderful!
Hi @dracula! thanks a lot for your kind words! I like how I made light on the water too. Some things are more successful than other , aren't they? I think this is actually the first time where I succeeded with managing receding of the light.
What would you improve in this one?
A magical setting, the cloud formations, waves and reflections. I hope all goes well with adding a bit of light to the wave. It's beautiful anyway.
@forestvuegallery - Thanks a lot for your support! I hope so too. I will keep observing the painting as I see the colors are different between the photo and real case. So I will do one more assessment when it dries... before fixing and going crazy. :)
So pretty… really well done
@ShadowscarsDragon - thanks a lot!
Very lovely! I too like how your light reflection on the water turned out! I do not do many seascapes, but I find it challenging to achieve that sun glow on the water without it looking weird and painted on.
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Wow so beautiful! Love the light in the sky with reflection on the water! The waves are alive and I almost feel the foam rushing on the beach!