Antibes Walk
Palette knife painting
Oil on canvas MDF panel
18x24cm (approx 7"x10")
NFS work in progress
A sunny walk in Antibes. I have lots of photos of street scenes from around our local towns and villages, taken in the hope I would paint them someday. But painting street scenes is one of my many 'Bête Noir'. Well, the 30 day challenge is a challenge right?
About this painting
The challenge in this one - apart from the obvious perspective one - was how to keep it loose and suggestive, avoiding the detail. It soon became apparent that the siz e of my support was too small for the subject. I wiped out some of detail so the focus was on the main flower basket. I also put in the suggestion of the people - another first.
I am not sure that this painting works. I like it on one level, so I will leave it and look at it for a while and maybe make some alterations later. It has made me want to do this scene on a larger scale though and hopefully edged me towards painting townscapes. So objective achieved!
Some close-ups
I like it very much, Marion! It's got a lot of zest for life in it! A lot of zing! Bravo!
ReplyDeleteI love everything about it!
ReplyDeleteThank you Robert and Debbie for your kind comments.
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