Riding home, there was a brilliant coral sunset going on over the campus. I stopped to make a quick painting, as did several people passing by, they stopped to take a picture with their smartphones. Unfortunately, taking pictures of a sunset with a smart phone or standard camera will usually lead to disappointing results. A paint set is the best way to capture the effect. Of course it takes a bit practice and a little know-how. A few weeks ago I tried a scene like this and it did not work out very well, so I ran a couple of tests back home to figure out the best way to paint a sunset with clouds. In the example, done on location, I added the coral orange and peaches first, then added the cyan sky around it, then the purple clouds. As it dried, the dark foreground was added, and the windows of the building filled in with the eerie yellow.
Coral Sunset over Campus, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, November 2022 (No. 3283b)
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