The turning basin at the Port of Sacramento is hidden until you walk or drive up the levee. So if you are not at the top of the levee, you get a great view of ships that look like they are land locked. I'd like to do some more simiiar, en plein air views this spring. This particular painting, like the preceding ones, are acrylic on 8"x16" stretched canvas.
6 comments:
David,
Really nice, it isn't plein air? :0)
Thanks for visiting my blog, William. When it's cold and wet outside, I confine myself within my studio and paint from photos I have taken. The trick is not to copy the photo, but do what makes for a good piece of art. I already deleted some buildings in this painting and changed some colors. Last night I painted sky over the tall structure to lay more emphases on the ship. I'll post my re-do soon, and we'll see if there is an improvement.
All of these look very nice. What a great place to paint! How do you get there?
Craig: I sent you an email reply with directions. When the weather gets a tad more cooperative, let's head out there to paint.
Wow, beautiful suite of paintings/posts. Totally relaxed appearing brushwork that evokes what I imagine it was like to be there. Enjoyed the info on Sacramento, as well. I've heard about Sacramento, California since I was a kid in the UK...there's plenty of gold so I've been told on the banks of Sacramento...but know nothing else of it until now.
Thanks Clive! Unfortunately, those bastards in the 19th century mined most of the gold and left nothing for us starving artists! Yes, I've loved brush work ever since I learned Japanese and Chinese brush painting as a child and discovered John Singer Sargent as an adolescent.
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