Monday, August 6, 2012

Village Street # 12 after Kevin MacPherson





11 inch X 14 inch oil on stretched canvas



This is different for me.  I saw this street scene in MacPherson's book and really liked the colors in the light and shadows.    It looks simple, but I can't believe how long it took me to finish.  I kept adjusting the light until I finally like the way light seems to reflect around the corner and on the street.

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12 comments:

  1. Maria Bennett HockAugust 6, 2012 at 12:51 PM

    Great job...love the lights. What a great exercise!

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  2. Linda PoppleAugust 6, 2012 at 2:02 PM

    Great job, Maria! You are really learning a lot going through Kevin's book!

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  3. hmuxoAugust 6, 2012 at 6:41 PM

    Oh Virginia! This is a BEAUTIFUL painting!! I love the light hitting the buildings...perfect piece.

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  4. Crystal CookAugust 7, 2012 at 7:34 AM

    This is beautiful Virginia. I think you caught the light here perfectly. :)

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  5. Karen WernerAugust 7, 2012 at 9:01 AM

    Hi Virginia, Good to see you are still at it. This does look challenging. You did a great job!

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  6. Diane HoeptnerAugust 9, 2012 at 4:41 PM

    It's beautiful and the light effect works. You mentioned grays in the last post and I definitely see those here too!

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  7. Angela SullivanAugust 11, 2012 at 10:05 AM

    Hope more of these to come. Beautiful and stunning.

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  8. Lorraine ShirkusAugust 13, 2012 at 7:30 AM

    Love the looseness and the light and color!

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  9. juliefordoliver.blogspot.comAugust 18, 2012 at 4:09 PM

    I really am impressed with your work on this. Good for you for keeping on solving the light until it was was right. I love the warm and cool vibrations too.

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  10. Robin RosenthalAugust 20, 2012 at 11:50 AM

    Wonderfully done. I love the drawing and colors.

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  11. Nan JohnsonAugust 20, 2012 at 8:50 PM

    Lighting on buildings is definitely challenging to do. You did a great job on this!!

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  12. mary maxamAugust 27, 2012 at 7:47 PM

    Yes, great job on the lighting and perspective! Just linked to you in my post asking others about catchpa :)

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