For what it’s worth, I’m done with this painting from Acrylic University‘s 2024 Summer Challenge based off a photo by Doug Greenman of a Puerto Rico beach.
I’m not super excited about it. I don’t like the orange — but come to think of it, I really didn’t like the magenta tone on the board to start with. (Maybe I should’ve started by painting over that!)
One thing I AM happy with is the father and child figures, and their reflection.
I am working on a painting from Acrylic University‘s 2024 Summer Challenge which Jed Dorsey painted using a photo by Doug Greenman of a Puerto Rico beach.
The first thing I did was crop the reference photo fully square and reduce the contrast significantly, as well as brighten so that the sky and sea look mostly orange.
I am using an 8×8 wooden panel which I had toned in a magenta color months ago, The cliff, the distant shore, and the reflections of the figures are all painted in shades of Raw Umber & Titanium White. Then I added Ultramarine Blue to that mixture to paint the sand, the bank of low dark clouds above the horizon, and the wisps of clouds above. The bright spot is a yellow and white mix; the orange is Naphthol Crimson, Cad-Free Yellow Light (Liquitex) and white.
I felt that the proportions were off on my first attempt at the week 9 painting for Jed Dorsey’s Mini Painting Challenge at Acrylic University. And the blended colors looked too green. So, this is my second shot at the painting, and frankly, I am happier with this version.
This is the week 9 painting for Jed Dorsey’s Mini Painting Challenge at Acrylic University. It’s based on a photo he took at Cannon Beach in Oregon. I really liked painting this one, but I want to try it again, because I want more beach in the scene, and for the rocks to be a bit smaller. 6×6 canvas panel.
This is my attempt at a paint-along called “Path to Lido” on the PaintCoach Patreon site. I was drawn to it about a year ago, and have wanted to paint it for some time, but as I painted, I got increasingly bored. My heart was not in it. So, one and done. This was on a 6×6 canvas panel.
This is the week 6 painting for Jed Dorsey’s Mini Painting Challenge at Acrylic University. It’s based on a photo Dorsey took of a rocky beach at sunset. I used one of my last few 8×8 black canvases because Dorsey paints his version on a black background. (I think I’ve said this before, but I really struggle with a black background; it throws the colors/values off, and you need several coats of paint to hide the black say, against the sky).
I also struggle with beach rocks, and have a couple of PaintCoach Patreon lessons earmarked which focus on beach rocks that I need to do for more practice.
That said, this is my effort, and frankly, it looks quite abstract. Which is not necessarily terrible.
Here’s the completed project. I’m dissatisfied with the sea grasses, but, oh well, on to the next!
I repainted the sea using Phthalo Green (Blue Shade) rather than Phthalo Green (Yellow Shade).
After doing the human figures in the paint-along by the Florida artist named Jane Slivka, I bought two of her video classes, one of which was this Tropical Landscape.
I used Transparent Orange (PO 73) by Chroma Atelier as a background, then Sap Green mixed with Carmine (Amsterdam Acrylic) for blocking out the greenery. For the grasses, I used the Amsterdam’s Sap Green and Yellow Green, as well as Winsor Galeria’s Sap Green (much lighter than Amsterdam’s Sap Green). The sky is Light Blue Permanent by Liquitex Basic; the ocean is Phthalo Green mixed with Titanium White.
The sand has been blocked out with transparent Zinc White. I still need to paint the sand and its shadow colors, and add some color (sunlight and shadows) to the bark of the palm trees.
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