M/V Monhegan...

I’ve been painting in Rockland a lot this spring, and I’ve been finding a lot of interesting subject matter in the working waterfront. The subject of the painting above grabbed my attention for the way the blues of the boat played off of warm shadows and sometimes created a vibration. I also like how busy this image is; the way your eye can bounce all over the canvas finding little moments of interest.

6 Responses to “M/V Monhegan”

1. Anton Batov says:

   March 30, 2010 at 1:27 pm

   Great sketch. In the name of the ship used Simultaneous colour contrast.
2. Dan C says:

   March 31, 2010 at 3:54 pm

   great painting! I dont believe you pulled it off… ok I had a feeling you would but this reads so good.
3. Noel Garner says:

   April 1, 2010 at 9:00 am

   I like this. I’ve tried hard to reproduce the sky colour for my own use. The nearest I’ve got (I realise that monitors can be difficult) is Manganese blue with white and a little touch of either winsor or lemon yellow. Can I ask how you mixed it please?
4. admin says:

   April 2, 2010 at 7:36 am

   With a sky color like that I’m usually using pthalo green, tinted with a bit of lemon yellow, But sometimes I push it back the other way toward the blue with some ultramarine. The sky is rarely a uniform color though, so those are the base colors, and then I look for subtle changes in the sky color.
5. Bruce says:

   May 19, 2010 at 11:45 am

   I like this. I’ve tried hard to reproduce the sky colour for my own use. The nearest I’ve got (I realise that monitors can be difficult) is Manganese blue with white and a little touch of either winsor or lemon yellow. Can I ask how you mixed it please?
6. admin says:

   May 19, 2010 at 11:52 am

   Hi Bruce,

   I like to use some pthalo green in my skies. This was probably pthalo green and titanium white adn a bit of lemon yellow. But I will make little tweaks all over the place to make the sky color vary.

   Hope that’s helpful. Good luck.