So I had the kids at the beach and took a ton of photos. I wanted to paint my son and I was inspired by these photos:
I liked the water in the second photo and the way my son was positioned in the first. So many neat colors in this water...
The lay in:
Ben thought that I was painting him in hell...ha!
So I spent lots of time with the lights and darks. Once I started putting in color I was almost overwhelmed with what was here...violet, gray, blue, green...
Ok, I got carried away with green at first:
my daughter said that now Ben looked like he was in a field of grass! Ha! Too much green...
Joyce recommended that I start using more cerulean blue to relect the sky, which is what the water does...yes, perfect.
More and more cerulean put in...plus violet, yellow, grey for the sand. Toned down the waves. Realized that you can't just throw on pure white. I recall asking Joyce "how can I make the white whiter?"....well, you can't. It's the colors that surround it that make it pop.
Almost finished painting. I want to work on Ben more...his shoulder blades are too "poppy".
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