This painting was designed as a lesson in composition using elements from separate photos and combining them into a unified composition. The truck is from a picture my brother took at a winery in the Napa Valley (it wasn't blue - it was rusty!) The building is from a photo my friend Patricia took in the country outside of Wapakoneta, Ohio. The colors/atmosphere of the painting come from another picture I saw on the internet. I liked the yellows and violets in the sky contrasted with the blue truck and the purples in the building, combined with the bright greens intensified by the setting sun. I want my painting students to see how different elements can successfully be used in one painting.
The painting is 9" x 12" and is painted on 140 lb. Acquarello cold-pressed watercolor paper with mostly Holbein watercolors.
3 comments:
How fabulous this is, Barb. Combining old barns and old trucks is genius. Love the foreshortening in the truck too. Exquisite! Love that soothing palette so much.
Sherry - thanks for the positive comments on this one. I appreciate them.
Love the front end of that truck, Barb. The grill and the fenders look to work together to form a heart shape. Great use of composition. Placed in the sweet spot, that shape drew me into the painting.
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