Over the winter I spent some time studying the work of Richard McKinley, a pastel painter who has developed a technique of working with an underpainting of either thinned oil paint, pastel rubbed to a smooth finish or blended with water or a solvent, or watercolor. I admire his work tremendously and decided I'd like to try to adapt his methods to my own colored pencil landscape paintings using watercolor pencil as an underpainting.
So here's my first attempt, based on some photos I took this past summer on the Gettysburg battlefield in the "Devil's Den area. The photos were quite dark and didn't show much color, so I had to enhance the color based more on my memories of what I actually saw as I was taking the photos.
6 comments:
Amy--this is an amazing painting in every way possible--composition, palette, lighting, draftsmanship, technique and mood--took my breath away--
I really like the darkness as contrasted with the sky- difficult to pull off.
I'm curious about the size Amy. Are those tiny figures on the distant rock? If so they show scale. Very quiet piece.
Absolutely beautiful, Amy. I have been there at this time of day, and you have captured it perfectly.
Thanks for all of your support, everyone! Ron -- yes, those are figures perched on that massive rock - they're a little easier to see if you click on the image to enlarge the view. The painting is only about 9" x 12", so those figures were tough to get in there and keep believable.
Richard has so much to learn from, Amy! I never get tired by studying of his works, he is just so good... Very much looking forward to work with him this summer at Minnesota. Not only he is amazing artist, but also - totally amazing teacher.
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