About a year ago, on August 20th 2014, I did a version of this image in watercolour. I thought I’d give it a go with the style of acrylics have been playing with. I did the original watercolour in portrait format, but decided on a landscape format for this one. In hindsight the portrait format could allow more focus on the point of action. I also wonder whether I am getting too dark in the shadow areas. I think I need some darks but I think I am going too uniformly dark. I will try a more varied approach on my next painting. Well it keeps you busy and off the streets.
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red is such a hard color…I think…it is hard to make it light especially, but I think you captured the sunlight wonderfully.
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Thanks Rebecca, I know what you mean, I add a touch of yellow when lightening red. Orange might be better, but I don’t use secondaries.
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No that is good, I can’t say I stay away from secondaries but I do try to make a consious effort to not always use. It is easy to make muddy darks when using tube secondaries
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