Sunday, August 26, 2012

Curls

Here is what I worked on this weekend...it started as a watercolor but ended up an acrylic.  I can't even guess how many layers of paint I have here and I'm still not sure about it.  I would like the water to look more translucent and I wish the breaking part of the wave wasn't as wide.  I messed with it and messed with it and eventually decided to put the brush down.  So here it is.  I tried to capture the way a wave curls.

 

10 comments:

  1. I love this. I'm a big fan of water scenes, and this is one cool looking wave. Love the shaded sections and the faded blue transitioning into the frame. Very cool

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  2. This is just beautiful, and one big curl...Like Fred I love water scenes. The blues are fabulous.

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  3. Fabuluos, Rita! It's tough to know when to complete a painting, isn't it. Lov, love, loving this.

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  4. Now why didn't I think of that....I've been at the Ocean for a week in Oregon... Love it.

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  5. Beautiful Rita! I can almost feel that salty clear water.

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  6. I think the water has great movement and I like how you were able to put the whites in to highlight in just the right places. Great use of the curl idea too!

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  7. I think you did a great job with it! One thing that really works for me is the touch of white at the leading edge of the wave. I like how you intersected it with the background instead of leaving it above the water line. It really makes the wave roll for me. Beautiful painting!

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  8. I like your use of colors, the wave is perfectly captured.

    hope you have a great day.

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  9. Oh what a brilliant idea for curls, Rita. Well done! excellent. :)

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  10. what a wonderful wave and it gives me lots of ideas since I'm supposed to paint water lately! I like the idea of watercolour and acrlic together

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