"Boats of Antibes"15" x 30" (38.1 cm x 76.2 cm) Acrylic on Canvas(click image for bigger version)
Boats of Antibes has been a personal challenge for two reasons: the big size - at least for my standards - and the fact that I let my instincts guide me in choosing the colors and the brushwork. I startedthe painting looking at the reference photo on my monitor screen, then closed it and balanced my visual memory and my feelings, other than trying to be realistic. My goal was to make it personal, trying to let my intuition lead me. I imagined there was a big cloud that makes half ofthe harbor shady, and getting the values right has been tricky.To help withthe values I took photos of the painting and desaturated them in mycomputer. Looking at the black & white version really helps spotting valueproblems.Now I thinkI’m pretty happy with it, and can finally post it and move on to the nextpersonal challenge.The reference photo is from GoogleStreet View,in Antibes, France. To see it click here.“I know not how I may seem toothers, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores ofknowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myselfwith” Plato
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