New under paintings

More paintings developed:

30x40 on canvas. Sketch with acrylic marker

Pthalo turquois glaze

Magenta added to darken areas

Magenta wash to the sky area

filling in darks with more transparents then adding opaque to shape trees and grasses

Viewing framed 

additional glaze to darken - over did it - too dark 

Brought up the lighter opaques - back and forth, back and forth- need to frame, hang and consider

Second piece 16x24 on canvas:

Anthacranone blue underpainting 

Allowing the blue to form the darks of the rocks and dark tree and dark accents of mountain

New starts for the New Year

Been a while and its another year. Few more approaches to acrylic landscapes
Started with a photo of the shoreline near Campbell River, Vancouver Island.

Interest area was simply the shoreline. Altered some elements (rocks) to close in the outside and emphasized and exaggerated the foreground elements.

24x30 sketch in with fine then darks with15mm acrylic markers

View in frame, notice the different temp of light in other room 

Played with glazes to darken for more "drama".  Need to think about it - pretty dark . 

Iconic west coast tree near lighthouse in Ucluelet BC

Diox Purple glaze

Use rubber shaper to pull out rough values

18x24 consider few days, may need to bring in some warmer temperatures  and the value on the rocks too light - same as water- need to be darker