Underpass tunnel with headlights, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, September 2024 (No. 4054b)
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Underpass tunnel with headlights
For an otherwise mundane scene, this painting turned out to be pretty dramatic. The funny thing about it, is that I don't recall actually painting the car with its headlights, I did a side drag with burnt umber/carbon black and left it as is. Either luck or subliminal, it looks just as if a car with headlights is emerging. The sky included a dark blue bar across the top which is a 19th century Japanese technique used by Hiroshige's wood block printers all the time. It adds a dramatic lighting effect to the sky, an ethereal glow.
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