From the Artist: I used acrylic paint on a new support, textured panels. I got this from a church that had some textured panels left over from their project. It comes in 4x8" sheets. I got pieces of it thinking that would make an interesting painting. If you look close you can see the texture in this painting.
It was very cold so I looked out my window at this bare dogwood tree in my front yard. I sketched it and created this little painting. It's a simple composition, but also one of the new things I've been trying. The sky isn't blue and the grass isn't green...
From the Painting Guide: Using non-realistic colors is a great way for creating mood in a painting, and your painting is very moody indeed. The sky colors remind me of the sky when there's been a huge bush fire, just after the sun dropped below the horizon.
The blues of the grass and tree, with the highlight of light yellow, create a sense of a full-moon night, or being out on a game drive with a ranger using a spotlight. It doesn't feel spooky or malevolent to me, though with the way you've used the colors it is a possibility some people may see it as such.
Things to Consider When Looking at This Painting:
Texture: For me there's a danger in using a very textured support of it not enhancing the subject of the painting. But in this painting the texture in the sky could be 'read' as rain, or pollution. It creates a sense of atmosphere, of the air you'd be breathing if you were standing in this scene. At for me this adds to the mood of the painting.
It was very cold so I looked out my window at this bare dogwood tree in my front yard. I sketched it and created this little painting. It's a simple composition, but also one of the new things I've been trying. The sky isn't blue and the grass isn't green...
From the Painting Guide: Using non-realistic colors is a great way for creating mood in a painting, and your painting is very moody indeed. The sky colors remind me of the sky when there's been a huge bush fire, just after the sun dropped below the horizon.
The blues of the grass and tree, with the highlight of light yellow, create a sense of a full-moon night, or being out on a game drive with a ranger using a spotlight. It doesn't feel spooky or malevolent to me, though with the way you've used the colors it is a possibility some people may see it as such.
Things to Consider When Looking at This Painting:
Texture: For me there's a danger in using a very textured support of it not enhancing the subject of the painting. But in this painting the texture in the sky could be 'read' as rain, or pollution. It creates a sense of atmosphere, of the air you'd be breathing if you were standing in this scene. At for me this adds to the mood of the painting.