Ashlyn's Art Blog

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Our Cove in Maine

My goals/intentions for this challenge were to recreate 3 different photos I took during our vacation in Maine. I wanted to have vibrant colors in the sunsets with a harsh, dark contrast in the mountains. I also wanted to include the same mountain range throughout the drawings to help connect them better. I accomplished this by using very bright oil pastels and creating texture and layering in the drawings. The most difficult thing I had to face was drawing the water to make it look a reflection in the sky. It was hard to try to create texture in the water as well. I overcame the challenge by focusing more on the water and getting the texture down. Some things I have learned is to start out with light colors, then slowly build up the darker colors, and finally go over the dark colors with a white or blending stick to make the dark colors not as harsh. Edward Hopper helped me because he uses very harsh shadows in his paintings and I did the same thing in a way, just with the mountain instead of a shadow. If I had to do a do-over I would just keep the color scheme the same throughout every drawing. I feel best about my water and the sky.