Painting In Progress: Mountain Reflection
A challenge this mountain was. I think I conquered it.
SKU: 04BG21ACGMedium: Acrylic
Size: 24x24 Gallery Wrapped Stretched Canvas
Price: Not Available
Edition Year: 2021
Commissioned? Yes
Painting in Progress Images…
This commissioned work is from a photo...and the photo is of Assiniboine Mountain which is located on the Great Divide, on the border in Canada of British Columbia/Alberta. It's a pretty big one, 11,870 ft. I am very glad my canvas is only 18 inches by 24 inches.
Photo by DJackson: Assiniboine Mountain
I like a challenge and I'm imagining hiking to that mountain may be only a tad bit tougher than getting this monster on canvas. I'll know more in the next few days. I love the colors on the water....let the fun begin!
As always, check back here as I post the progress.
Monday, April 12, 2021 6:25 AM Sometimes things don't go as planned. I started the drawing first on the canvas and undercoat...and decided to start all over again. If you can see the outline above, Assiniboine Mountain isn't centered. So, I repainted the canvas undercoat and redrew the scene again.
Monday, April 12, 2021 8:20 AM Progress so far this morning. Redrawn the scene and starting to fill in the colors, especially shadows. A lot of black, deep blue, gray and the white of the snowy areas. Please pardon the funny diagonal line - that's the sun coming around the edge of the blinds from the window.
Seems appropriate to have the Mount Everest 16x20 painting in the back ground...
Monday, April 12, 2021 2:00 PM It has come a long way since this morning but still a long way to go.
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 9:34 AM - Reflections on water: If its a dark color in nature, on the water - its lighter. If its a light color in nature, on the water - it shows darker. Reflections on a stream, a creek, a pond, or a lake are quite different from reflections on moving water and quite different from tropical or ocean water.
Pond and lake water because of their make up, tend to run "greenish".
Moving water fractures the reflection. These are some the "rules" that must be adhered to in order to make a reflection on water look correct.
Want to learn more about a water reflection?
Make Painting Water Reflections Easy!
by Jennifer Branch
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by Johannes Vloothuis
Of course, having the original photograph to go by helps too.
Still a good way to go on this painting - details, details, details - AND of course, on a gallery wrap canvas, the edges need to be finished as well. For example:
On a Gallery Wrap canvas, there is not a real need for the painting to be framed - BECAUSE the edges SHOULD be finished.
On a stretched canvas that has stapled sides or is back stapled (lesser quality than a professional Gallery Wrap or Museum Wrap canvas - about 1.5 inch depth) and is about .75 inches in depth, those should have a frame. Nonetheless, I typically try to finish the edges, at least to an extent. The fall back is to paint the sides solid black which is at a minimum what should be done.
Thursday, April 15, 2021 6:27 AM - Details, details, details. All the nooks and crannies that make a big rock a mountain. What is amazing to me is occasionally touching a canvas or an area on an artwork because the sort of "Trompe L' Oeil" effect makes it look 3-D. When I can achieve that, that makes me smile.
Thursday, April 15, 2021 10:19 AM - working on Mount Assiniboine itself, center top.
Friday, April 16, 2021 6:00 AM - Off to visit family today so no progress on painting temporarily.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 10:31 AM - Back from Louisa, BRS to be specific, visiting family. It was good to see 2 of my Aunts, 1 of my Cousins, 1 of my Brothers, 1 of my Sister-in-laws, my Mom and a few family friends. Back home on Monday afternoon.
My Aunt and I went for a walk Saturday afternoon and reminisced our histories during walk about. This happened here and that happened there...you know how it is.
Painting Progress so far today:
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