Night harvest was based on doodles made at work... of course I am always paying attention at the meetings, drawing just helps me focus ; ) I made the paiting while I was working on a much larger painting. Usually I do one at a time, but the large painting was feeling like work... so this one was a bit of a break. The scene was actually a daylight scene until I made the name for it ... Night Harvest... I then covered the back left part of the sky with the night sky, stars and the moon, and made the background a little grey. It would have been cool to do before and after photos because the scene transformed from daybreak to twilight in a few moments.
The dark red-brown colour in the shark-like things in the front was created from two layers of paint. This is called glazing... the trick is to put down one layer, let it dry completely, and then overlay a second layer. I did the undercolour in a bright pink (permanent rose) and overlayed a deep green (viridian). You need to control the consistancy well... if too thick then it looks like mud... it actually takes a surprisingly thin liayer of green to make the effect work. I first used this combination frequently in the "Three Ringed Flying Circus on Wheels" Seriese, and have employed it now and then ever since.
15x11" cold press. March 2013
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