Venice. 15" x 11"
I don't normally paint night scenes. But I thought I might give it a go. Having no reference photos to go by, I came up with this imaginary scene of Venice. I just had to think about the main structure of my scene first - placement of bridge, buildings and boats. Then decide where the light was coming from, to decide light and dark values. Then just go for it. Not sure it worked, or maybe came out too blue.
Painted on Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gms
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Rethymnon, Crete, 15" x 11"
My first attempt at a night time painting. It's the small bus station in the town of Rethymnon in Northern Crete. I came to the conclusion that painting a night time scene it's even more important to pick out the colours even in pitch black areas. It would have been easy to reach for the map black and plaster that all over the place. Instead I used neutral tint for the sky together with Ultramarine Blue. I think next time I would make the sky lighter at the bottom, to give the impression of distant urban lighting.
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