This is for Dec 2010 Virtual Paintout, County Clare, Ireland. It's oil on 6x8 canvas board.
This is my post holiday post vacation attempt at the challenge. I had picked out a few scenes and chose this one to paint before my family took off for two week vacation. Now we just came back, I'm pulling a late night finish this one. What struck me with this scene was the interesting Z shape greens, and the close up shot of this pitching scene. (ref photo) Painting all these greens turned out to be a bit challenging, as there are many variations of green here. The basic green is viridian, mixed in with cadmium yellow, ultramarine violet, violet grey etc. I made the sky more orange to give it more a twilight feel.
Nice find in Ireland Rebecca! playing with all those greens gave your painting more dimension.....I wasted too much time "traveling" around and didn't get a painting in this time. See you at the next Virtual location perhaps.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great find! I also traveled way too much and wound up with a last minute painting. I kept thinking I'd find something better to paint if I kept looking! Love the greens you did in this. This painting has me watching & waiting for the shot to be made. I wonder if he was able to chip his ball onto the green..... nice work.
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