This is the second painting in my A Day at the Beach series.
When husband saw that I planned to paint a bunch of rocks, I think that he was skeptical of both the technical challenge and potential time-consuming nature of the project. But it turned out that, now that I’ve got some technique issues settled, it didn’t take all that long. Plus, gouache is a really good medium for the subject matter. (At least, I think so.)
The piece is only 5×7 inches, and I did most of it with just one brush. I did add a few tiny details at the end with a smaller brush but decided not to kill my eyes by going nuts with it…it really does work best from a few feet away, anyhow.
I have (of course) some related thoughts about style, realism, etc., but I’ve decided to try to let my art stand by itself a little more.
At least, as much as I’m capable of letting it…
I haven’t seen anything quite like this, very appealing.
The red rock in the middle was “obvious” but not in an overdone way, and it pulls your attention.
Nice piece.
Uncle T
I like this because I’ve tried to take pictures of “a pretty rock” and it never stands out from the rest quite like I think it will, but this captures what I’ve seen. I’d love to see a photo of it to see the scale of the painting!
Thank you! The painting is based on a photo I took at the beach without arranging any of the elements (i.e. the rock was just there). The scale is pretty small…the red rock was about 2.5 inches long or so.
You can see the photo at http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulabirdy/2346345000/. :)
Um, whoah. That’s amazing.
That is truly beautiful! You manage to get a lot of luminosity using gouache, and your compositions are very well planned. These two paintings in your series are quite impressive!
I love the red rock. The colors in the painting are working very well. A nice painting.
Lovely colors and composition. I really love this. : )
Very impressive !