I'm ready to submit a painting of St. Petersburg to The Virtual Paintout. It is a site with a very inventive way to challenge painters. It gives you a map of somewhere in the world where you must find a Google street view and then paint it. This month, it is St. Petersburg. I am amazed at what the painters on there come up with. I tried to find something that would identify the place of the painting, and I found St. Trinity Cathedral from across the river. I had fun "walking" around looking for a painting because while I was in Vilseck, St. Petersburg was written on a list on a sticky note tacked inside my kitchen cabinet of places I wanted to see while I was in Germany. I didn't make it there, but now that I've painted it, I've decided the wish list is not abandoned, it is just on hold.
The water was an experiment. When I finished it, I thought, "That water is boring." The next morning when I woke up, I thought--"Think Gauguin!" Then, without any regard for ruining the painting, I put the patches of color you see here. I decided I liked it much better.
The bridge in this painting reminds me of a green balcony and a green bridge in a couple of paintings I like.
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Hello Jeneen:) I don't think the water looks boring at all! The light blue coming thrue was a good choise. Like the water and the rest of the painting. Your bridge is great! Good job!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Renate. I didn't publish the painting with the boring water, but you made me realize that that was not clear in my post, so I added a clarifying sentence. Thanks, again.
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