Monday, August 9, 2010

O Canada - Pastel


This month's location for the virtual paintout is Prince Edward Island in Canada.  When I saw this sky on Google Street view, I wanted to try recreating it with pastels.  I wanted to make the sky the focal point so I didn't do any detail in the foreground.  I didn't do any blending on this.  I tried to give the impression of the clouds' wispiness with texture instead.

O Canada
Image Size 9" x 5"
Pastel
Unframed
$100.00 including shipping in the U.S.






12 comments:

  1. I love how you've composed this and the colours you've used.

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  2. When I first saw this post I only noticed the huge sky with billowy clouds, last week I was so inspired by clouds that the timing couldn't have been better. Love the cotton-ball softness of this.

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  3. Thank you Robin. I'll be looking for your cloud paintings.

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  4. A tremendous pastel how I love skys and sea this is a magnificient sky

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  5. Great piece, beautifully captured. The sky here in Atlantic Canada during Aug/Sept does have a special quality. Deep blue skies with puffy clouds and the light makes everything crispier than ever. Bravo!

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  6. Thank you Ralph. I love skies too and it's fun to make them the focal point of a painting.

    Thanks Alvin. Yes, I've found some great skies in Canada while traveling using google street views. We seldom get dramatic skies here in So. California so I have to find them in my virtual travels.

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  7. You captured the big, open space of the land! Love it. Can't wait to google Prince Edward Island and give this challenge a whirl.

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  8. It's a pretty location. I've done two more paintings of it that I will be posting soon.

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  9. I really like this, it's so much like the dramitic skies we get in the Falklands that I do try to paint but I've never been able to capture them as well as you've dome with this.

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  10. Thanks Ben. I'm sure your dramatic skies are every bit as good as mine.

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