Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Moving Rocks

 

I guess this is less moving rocks than removing rocks. In my original concept I thought I would have a lower left rock to suggest how close to the shore this wave is. However, after roughing it in (see the previous post) all the rock was doing was breaking the flow of the water. Which I guess is what rocks along the shore do, but it wasn't adding anything to the movement in the painting.

 


 Above I am starting to fill in the "white" on the right foam. My whites generally are titanium white with a touch of cadmium yellow dark. I am not fulling covering the yellow ochre wash underneath. Leaving the warm "space" tends to add a vibrating feeling to the water.

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