Saturday 5 February 2011

February virtual paintout


This is an oil sketch 10x7 for the February virtual paintout. I was attempting to simplify a complex scene. I used a limited palette of White, Cobalt Blue, Chrome Orange, Cobalt Violet and Yellow Ochre.

















This is the link to the google street view.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&source=embed&ll=44.42952,26.096456&spn=0,0.008014&z=17&layer=c&cbll=44.429769,26.096626&panoid=VfKZjg2bAdneLQHnIncehw&cbp=12,50.64,,0,-6.73
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7 comments:

  1. beckielboo6 February 2011 at 10:41

    Andrew, this is an amazing painting! So well done with your limited palette! I'd like to see this one on a large canvas - it is a real statement piece. Now I want to see more of your work!
    Beckie

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  2. Jean Nelson Paintings and Photography6 February 2011 at 15:07

    Nice composition. Love the muted palette with bright spots of white and blue.

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  3. Linda Popple6 February 2011 at 16:06

    This is really nice!! I look forward to seeing more of your work.

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  4. sarah meredith6 February 2011 at 19:38

    such an interesting choice of colors for a limited palette - but you made them work. nicely painted.

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  5. Nan Johnson6 February 2011 at 20:19

    Outstanding work in this. Love the limited palette & the blue truck. Great composition.

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  6. Andrew7 February 2011 at 05:31

    Thank you so much for your comments, they are very encouraging.
    I have been experimenting with limited palettes and generally pleased with the way they come out. The lack of red was a bit of a problem in this painting, a couple of things needed it but to have put them in would have made them too glaring.
    I am new to blogging and surprised by the response, I only really posted so that I could provide the google maps URL, if anyone was interested.

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  7. Dianne5 April 2011 at 11:48

    Wonderful "sketch", it looks very impressionistic, and really nice composition. Good depth, etc. You encourage me to do more limited palette work! I did one or two of the Virtual Paint Out challenges and they were abysmal. I look forward to seeing more of your work. Do you have a website link?

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