Monday 4 August 2008

Distant Rain


Oil on Gessoed board 8*10

I wanted to try another Sky painting to get a sense of distance and to see if I could do a better foreground this time. I works better. I like the contrast of the heavy cloud with the distant red clouds at the bottom of the sky shapes. I like the yellow patch of rape seed this helps the painting so much.

The last painting I had been looking around for a good spot, so I got out of the car and I walking and I heard an bird of prey screeching in the back ground. Ok that was normal we get a lot of rodents around here, then I heard a whoshing sound, I didn't think anything of it and it happened again. I looked up and I was being dive bombed by an eagle!! and this happened about 6 or 7 times. so I just sat in the van side door and it flew away after that.

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