Sky Pads 27, with a bit of light on the subject
Unlike the first two photos of this painting in a previous post (the background and the beginning of the pad formations) this one is a bit brighter. It is really close to what the painting looks like in good but not super bright light. I didn’t lighten any of the original background colors to get to this point, just got better light for the photo. However, the interesting thing about this painting is that if you see it in a somewhat dark space it looks like those first two photos and is still quite dramatic but in a more somber way. If that is at all possible!
Here are the first two photos in case you missed them. A lot darker, but more mysterious in a way. Cool to know you can see the painting this way now, too, if you just turn down the lights!
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- Three coats of thin oil paint over the poured paint background
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- Early foliage appearing
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Oh, this is my favorite! So colorfully different. Love, the light and the darkness.
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I’m going to have to go back through my posts and count all your favorites! I think you may be my top fan!
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Yeah! that is great!
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Thanks Chris!
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I love the light. The pads are coming right out and I could touch them!
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Most of the pads in this pond float flat on the water, and the other ones usually poke up only about 1 foot or so. These were unusual in their “outreach”!
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Very nice. I love the variety of colors on the leaves, from magenta to fresh green. I have fish pots with plants in them, including a lotus and a water lily, so, I’m a connoisseur of these sorts of plants. I also like the Impressionist background, and how those more loose strokes are set off against the heightened detail of the water pooling in the upper right leaf. The only thing missing is my fish.
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Thanks for your very observant critique! In the original photo, half of what is seen is under water but it’s hard to tell exactly what is and what isn’t except for the long stems reaching way up. There’s a lot of foliage under the water which I only hinted at. The pond does have fish in it, but they’re pretty uninteresting, mostly bass, bluegill, and way too many carp (the plain brown kind, not the lovely goldfish).
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I’d probably find bass, bluegill, and ordinary carp fascinating. My small fish pots just have guppies and platys, plus some shrimp a few varieties of snails. I love ordinary fish!
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I’ve seen the occasional snapping turtle, too. They look sort of distopian through murky water.
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Snapping turtle?! OK, those guys I’m a little afraid of, and as far as turtles go, they are on the ugly side of the spectrum. Might make a good painting subject, though.
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This is quite stunning!
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I’m rather ecstatic about it myself! I was never sure I could pull it off because 1) it was never going to look like the source photo so I wasn’t trying for that and, 2) I wasn’t sure what I did want it to look like. Now, sigh of relief!
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excellent colors!
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Thank you! Many years have gone into learning how to select and mix just the right ones.
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It’s coming together beautifully. I love the contrast and the soft details standing out from the dark background.
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