This used to (pretty much) be our backyard (it was about 100 yards away in reality.) I did this from the back of my truck, in acrylics, mid August 2007. It took about 6 hours and I only went back in later to put a few highlights on the mills tower. The hardest parts were the color of the sky and the grass. Believe it or not I think I nailed the sky, not on the first try, but I did get it. It seems really dark, but I remember, being surprised at how dark it looked when I really started examining it's value. The grass had to be simplified and I tried to perceive the overlapping clumps and rolls to the meadow, then I built the values up from there, admittedly the ground and forefront are greatly stylized. The saturation in the hue of the grass is turned up a couple notches as well. I omitted the "Shell" logo on the gas station sign.
Saturday, December 06, 2008
Backyard Landscape
This used to (pretty much) be our backyard (it was about 100 yards away in reality.) I did this from the back of my truck, in acrylics, mid August 2007. It took about 6 hours and I only went back in later to put a few highlights on the mills tower. The hardest parts were the color of the sky and the grass. Believe it or not I think I nailed the sky, not on the first try, but I did get it. It seems really dark, but I remember, being surprised at how dark it looked when I really started examining it's value. The grass had to be simplified and I tried to perceive the overlapping clumps and rolls to the meadow, then I built the values up from there, admittedly the ground and forefront are greatly stylized. The saturation in the hue of the grass is turned up a couple notches as well. I omitted the "Shell" logo on the gas station sign.
