June 21, 2020 4:17 pm
The problem is, clouds can look terribly dark, yet the prevailing wisdom by learned painters is the caution that regardless of how dark the sky might appear, it is the lightest component of any landscape painting–except in rare cases like snowscapes, or some seascapes.
The temptation, at least for me, is to go about trying to recreate that memorable sky full of drama by mixing up a bucket of what might best be described as ‘peat bog grey’ or ‘burned frying pan umber’ and sloshing it onto the top of the picture.
The end result is a landscape where anyone deigning to walk would be greatly at risk–paintings where interspersed throughout should be little yellow triangular signs reading: WATCH FOR FALLING CLOUDS :
The other prevailing wisdom by a great many worthy painters, is that if one’s painting is featuring clouds, then whatever else is depicted ought to be kept rather simple and relatively free of detail. Conversely, if the focus is on whatever is happening below the sky, then the sky itself should be left unassuming and merely supportive. The above painting is a good case proving that point.
Posted by weisserwatercolours
Categories: art, Canada, cloudscape, landscape, mountains, painting, skies, summer, watercolour, watercolour technique
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By weisserwatercolours on June 23, 2020 at 9:31 am
Less threatening than certain humans I could name….
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By memadtwo on June 22, 2020 at 3:40 pm
….thank you Kerfe for your compliments–and, all we need with everything else is killer clouds, eh?
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By weisserwatercolours on June 22, 2020 at 8:44 am
Love you, Carroll!
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By weisserwatercolours on June 22, 2020 at 8:42 am
Those are beautiful Lance! 💞
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By Carroll on June 21, 2020 at 7:23 pm
The killer clouds do look volcanic. And I love the gentleness of the cloud study. (K)
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By memadtwo on June 21, 2020 at 7:23 pm