Hello, I am excited to share another original acrylic
painting with you all today. This is titled “Sunrise at Sea,” Acrylic on
Canvas, 9 x 12, Charles Wolf Studio © 2015. I am really on a roll with this
acrylic painting style this week. In the past, I often disliked the look of
finished acrylic paintings, as they typically appear to have a plastic/fake
quality and not natural enough for my taste like oils. While this still holds
true for more realistic looking landscapes, they have been an interesting challenge
to work with more abstracted works—so far I have been very happy with the
results.
After the frenetic energy of my last abstract painting:
Reflections No. 1, I wanted to paint a simple, calming little piece. I started
with canvas that I previously prepared with a red gesso layer (not the basic
white). The idea for this painting began as two-tone abstract employing an analogous color palette (these are colors
that are next or very near each other on the color wheel and are often found in
nature). I choose a light blue with a touch of green, and a light green with a
touch of blue as my base colors, using a dirty brown/grey horizontal band for
contrast and accent, dividing the two colors. After applying the base colors
above and below as well as left and right on the bottom half of the canvas,
respectively, I added the grey clouds with simple horizontal strokes using a
stiff flat brush. Using a smaller brush, I then added the light yellow to
brighten the center of the canvas, to illuminate the bottom of the clouds, and
splitting my two base colors to opposite sides on the bottom half of the
painting with the sunlight reflection on the water—a local, subtle and vertical
mirroring of the large scale composition of this piece.
Let me know what you
all think of this pleasant little painting in the comments below! See more of my works at my Painting Gallery:
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