Daily Painting – Sunset Study (About Painting #17… I Think?)
Ok… as I said in yesterday’s post, I knew I was going to need a tad more time for this study due to the bigger canvas and the slightly more complex nature of the subject.
So here is today’s “daily painting” — which, honestly, was probably closer to the 2-hour mark than the strict 1-hour challenge.
But I knew that before I started, so I’m calling it allowed. 😂
Its not like i finished it either... but here it is in its UNFINISHED GLORY
This is… look… going to say painting #17?
I’m getting a bit confused because one day I posted but didn’t actually paint — so let’s just say “approximately 17”.
Mostly im impressed at myself for managing this with my hand... its mean that i have not done the dishes in days... but HYPERFOCUS spells need to be utilized to the best advantage is what i say.
🎨 Method
Like the others:
- quick sketch
- then a burnt sienna value wash
- THEN I flung a hideous transparent orange glaze over the whole thing
I hate that orange layer… but I knew I would cover it fast, and it does push warmth through the later layers.
Normally I start with the blues, but this time I reverse-engineered the process and started warm:
- Reds
- Oranges
- Corals
- Yellows
- Purples
- Blues
(…actually I did blue before purple, then went back to blue — chaos, but controlled chaos.)
🎨 Colours Used
- White
- Cad Red Light (a little — mostly for oranges and coral)
- Napthol Crimson + Quin Magenta (main reds)
- Cad Yellow Medium + a little Cad Yellow Light
- Cobalt Blue
- Ultramarine Blue
- Dioxazine Purple (very little)
- Burnt Sienna & Burnt Umber (underpainting + water edges)
Hills:
The trick was to leave tiny flecks of the underpainting showing through, so the orange glows in the silhouette.
Then I used my usual optical black (magenta + ultramarine + umber).
I also added tiny specks of sky colour on the hill edges facing the sunset — just to tie it together.
Water:
Basically sky colours pulled downward into the bottom of the panel, with burnt umber along the edges to ground it.
Does it need more work?
Yes.
Am I going to do more work on it?
No. 😂
I’m calling this one a wrap for the day.
Maybe in a month I’ll fiddle with it, but the whole point of this challenge is:
What can I achieve in a 1-hour window?
(Even though this one I knew would run longer.)
💪 Back to normal life tomorrow…
Kids have been sick all week so I haven’t been to the gym — I am SO desperate to get back.
Tomorrow’s painting will probably be something smaller again so I can fit it between ballet runs, gym, and life.
Im behind, normally i have a plan at least for the next day's painting. lol. getting worried i chose to do this challenge in technically the busyiest month of the year. Both the end of school term AND end of BALLET term. although... the really big ticket BALLET items are 30 nov - 6th December. So hopefully by then i will be finished this 30 day challenge.
See you tomorrow!
BLINGIT
