This has been done after a beautiful tutorial by CRI Bram (YouTube channel Paint with Bram).
Thank you twoinchbrush member Cosmo who brought me to that tutorial.
I love paintings with a strong red hue, so I had to do that one. I made some changes, e.g the sun area and I put some highlights on the trees. I am definitely influenced by Bill Alexander and this might show here too. And of course I made the sun like he did.
I left the foreground black on purpose. I was afraid to loose the contrast between light and dark.
What I learned totally new from Bram is to paint evergreens with the filbert brush. That works fantastic and I will sure use that technique in the future too.
Oils on canvas panel 20 x 28 in (50 x 70 cm)
Bram (Stoker!) Something very mysterious about this Tom, expecting to see a vampire or two when that sun goes down 🦇
Really good job 👍
This is incredible Tom! All of that red scares me (afraid that if I attempt it the red will draw the viewer to all of my mistakes!). Yours however is perfect and gorgeous!
I really like your details. I’ve been at this painting, at least a half dozen times and use it to teach classes, but your details came out really nice and I like your sky
Great colors 👍🏼🇩🇪🇦🇹
Gorgeous Tom! Again... just love your attention to light vs. shadow. It really make the whole difference in the world. I will check this video out. Wanna learn how to make those evergreens with a filbert.
Top painting Tom, looks absolutely great, cheers
Bold and daring I love it!
Many thanks Sandy!
Thanks you Nivek. I think the red sky and the light/dark contrast create the mood here. Glad you like it.
Thanks Brian. Don't let anything scare you. Painting should be fun :)
Thank you Rucifi. As mentioned I am influenced by Bill Alexander very much and I use a lot of elements I learned from him in my paintings.
Thanks Dirk.
Thank you Nancy. It is the main focus now in my paintings: Light against dark. Shadow versus Highlight etc... This is something I learned mainly from Bill. Also Buck Paulson cares a lot about this.
In my opinion this is more important than any details. But everyone has its own preference in art.
Thank you Dave!
Many thanks Laura!
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Just gorgeous!