The sunset was a blaze of neon like colors shifting behind the San Gabriel's in their final moments before they surrendered. I did a quick underpainting in watercolor to accentuate the pure pigment of the pastels that I would lay down.
The challenge was to match the intensity of the color, to represent the cloud shapes, and to get the contrast right.
Done?
The signature is on the painting but I was not quite done. I reworked the shapes of the clouds in the middle right hand side of the painting.
The parts of the puzzle. The following pieces of the painting are included to show mark making, color relationships within the painting and to show the abstract nature within the painting.
The final result. Mixed media watercolor and pastel measuring.19x27
The value shot reveals the dramatic range of the contrast within the painting. It feels fairly close to what I observed that evening.
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