Hello everyone! I'm back to the mural sight with my paints and big brushes. It has been a while since I went out in the open air to plein air paint. En plein air means just that --- to paint outside in the open air. The objective is to capture atmospheric light through paint and to also nail the correct colors. In the studio, the plein air sketch can either be finished or used as a color and design reference for a larger piece. This blog shows a picture of me painting plein air and another picture demonstrates a plein air painting, painted first outside then finished in the studio. The object in attending this workshop was to tune into the correct atmospheric colors outside, then bring this influence into my studio and mural works. The instructor, Linda Curley, is also an accomplished mural painter. I had fun the whole week!
Today, back on the "Godzilla Mural Project", I managed to block in several warm and cool colors into the sky. After a basic foundation of acrylic underpainting mostly in cool colors, I got out my oil paints and big brushes. Although I had some warmer colors for the sky premixed in acrylic paints, I prefer working in artist oils, so I dipped into the yellow, white and red, with a touch of blue oil colors, to block in the reflected light from the sun setting in the western sky. The object of this project is to recreate the twilight time of day showing the last few minutes of intense evening light. So far, so good.
Novatek South Addition Mural
This mural measures 22 feet high by 200 feet long
FINISHED MURAL WITH NEW FAUX MARBLE FLOOR
Here is a section of the mural finished with the new floor.
REFLECTIONS
more floor, less mural
FINISHED FIRST SECTION
The mural is now finished. This is the first section.
FINISHED SECOND SECTION
All the highlights and shadows are now finished on the snow and all over the rest of the mural.
FINAL THIRD SECTION
We tried to capture the twilight time of day. I think we were successful.
FINISHED FOURTH SECTION
Even the tops of the trees indicate the last few moments early evening light.
FINISHED FIFTH SECTION
I like the way the shadow and light plays on the rocky Timpanogos slopes.
FINISHED SIXTH SECTION
Provo Canyon.
FINISHED SEVENTH SECTION
I love the way the shadows and light bring out the rock forms on Cascade Peak.
ELK CLOSE UP
I'm not really a wildlife painter, yet I feel pretty good about how this bull elk turned out.
EIGHTH SECTION
Squaw Peak (the one with the red scrub oak trees on it's slopes) is mosly in shadow, but with a sliver of light at the top.
FINISHED NINTH SECTION
The middle section of Squaw Peak.
SQUAW PEAK
THis looks so real, it's like you can walk right through it! Pick any door.
LAST SECTION
This shows Rock Canyon during the last few moments of evening light.
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