Uploaded my latest Van Gogh inspired work.
It's Mont St Michel, which is one of my favorite places in Brittany.
Featuring this dramatic medieval cathedral and town built ontop of this rock of an island.
I am happy with my capturing a swirling sky borrowing from VanGogh. The terrain in the foreground proved challenging, but I feel I captured a sense of wildness and unkempt grasses blowing with the breeze.
The castle itself was also troubling and provided a useful lesson. I had painted the sky and let it dry entirely before painting the castle over it.
I now feel i should have painted the castle at the same time, as I would have been using the exact hues i used in the sky.
Doing so would probably have let the castle inhabit the same space as the sky, and i think today it looks very like the castle was painted later, like an after thought.
But it still makes for a dramatic piece i think.
It's Mont St Michel, which is one of my favorite places in Brittany.
Featuring this dramatic medieval cathedral and town built ontop of this rock of an island.
I am happy with my capturing a swirling sky borrowing from VanGogh. The terrain in the foreground proved challenging, but I feel I captured a sense of wildness and unkempt grasses blowing with the breeze.
The castle itself was also troubling and provided a useful lesson. I had painted the sky and let it dry entirely before painting the castle over it.
I now feel i should have painted the castle at the same time, as I would have been using the exact hues i used in the sky.
Doing so would probably have let the castle inhabit the same space as the sky, and i think today it looks very like the castle was painted later, like an after thought.
But it still makes for a dramatic piece i think.
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