I got messed around recently by someone who wanted some paintings of Venice . In the end it came to nothing, but I discovered this amongst my photos and I thought I’d use it to try a Nita Engle approach on architecture. Unfortunately I tightened up on the building details, but I do like the dark, dank canals opening up into the light. Might have another go and try and kill the detail.
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Beautiful composition, thanks for sharing Graham.
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Graham this is so beautiful! You really captured a mood here – love this piece!
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I still think the buildings are very convincing indeed – the colours and light are just right. This says Venice all over it. 🙂
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The subtle variations in the buildings’ colours is magnificient. Really like this one, conveys a mood
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Thanks. I wanted to apply the Nita Engle approach to a townscape and selected this. The colours were applied in one go and mixed on the paper which gave some subtle transitions. Then I needed to get some structure and the whole thing tightened up and I had to do a lot more work on the buildings so it didn’t paint itself as Engle promotes.
So I suppose my feeling is mainly one of disappointment and perhaps try again on something else.
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Well the process might not be what you wanted, but you’ve got to be pleased with the end result. I suppose that’s the good thing with painting, you can always do another one
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