Today, I am experimenting! I want to achieve that "staring into the sunset" feel for this painting, and I'm using a rather unusual subject for me - a street scene from town! When I'm in Belton for a sunset, the best open sky view is from the Kohl's parking lot. I first underpaint the sky with a cad yellow ball (sun) that gradates out to a cool sienna/alizarin shade at the edges. I place my sun off center for best composition. I do all of this in acrylic. When dry, I start negatively painting everything by placing in the actual sky color in oil. In this case I have a Naples yellow/ochre mix. I scrape back to the wires, but all else is shaped by the sky color. I want to add "100 cars" to my monthly goal, so I start here with 4! I add taillights to the cars, and - voila - I think it is finished! I might just go out and paint the windmill in the same way! Painting number 1524 in 1524 days :)
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