Okay so look.
I occasionally do oil paintings, but I have a hard time committing to a subject. As a result I only do like one a year, and I REALLY Enjoy it so I'd like to pick up the pace.
Here is my current problem.
I decided the best way to get over my issue was to just pick a base colour and START. Once I worked on it enough I would eventually form an image in my head.
So one day I went downstairs and painted a canvas orange-ish yellow, and gradually added some blue, and just this week, some stark white clouds.
But the painting is incomplete! I want to add some sort of foreground in black/dark brown silhouette, but I'm not sure what kind of skyline I want. So I'm asking my forumites for ideas!
WHAT SHOULD I DO.
UPDATE:
Alright, so I decided to fill out the clouds a bit, and add another transparent layer to 'em. Also, I have a rough skyline at the bottom starting. My eventual plan is to add another very transparent layer of clouds over top of the buildings, and paint an even DARKER foreground in from of that, of a drifter standing on some low hills.
(There may be some shiny part in this picture - those are parts where the paint isn't quite dry yet.)
ALSO:
The other night I went to the art store to pick up some more supplies, ans among other things, I bought three 9x12 canvasses. Now, I've never worked this small, and I have no idea what to do on them, or whether it will turn out well. I AM TAKING REQUESTS!
FINISHED! (Jan. 8 2009)
Let me know what you think!
I occasionally do oil paintings, but I have a hard time committing to a subject. As a result I only do like one a year, and I REALLY Enjoy it so I'd like to pick up the pace.
Here is my current problem.
I decided the best way to get over my issue was to just pick a base colour and START. Once I worked on it enough I would eventually form an image in my head.
So one day I went downstairs and painted a canvas orange-ish yellow, and gradually added some blue, and just this week, some stark white clouds.
But the painting is incomplete! I want to add some sort of foreground in black/dark brown silhouette, but I'm not sure what kind of skyline I want. So I'm asking my forumites for ideas!
WHAT SHOULD I DO.
UPDATE:
Alright, so I decided to fill out the clouds a bit, and add another transparent layer to 'em. Also, I have a rough skyline at the bottom starting. My eventual plan is to add another very transparent layer of clouds over top of the buildings, and paint an even DARKER foreground in from of that, of a drifter standing on some low hills.
(There may be some shiny part in this picture - those are parts where the paint isn't quite dry yet.)
ALSO:
The other night I went to the art store to pick up some more supplies, ans among other things, I bought three 9x12 canvasses. Now, I've never worked this small, and I have no idea what to do on them, or whether it will turn out well. I AM TAKING REQUESTS!
FINISHED! (Jan. 8 2009)
Let me know what you think!