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Artist's
Comment: This painting was done as an excercise.
It was when I was gradually getting back into painting and I
needed something interesting to paint. I had a photograph of
an owl, which I had taken, so I decided to do something with
it. I just needed to get the feel of the brush and paint again.
I must have tried about five different backgrounds behind the
owl. I finally saw a cloud formation one day during sunset while
I was out sitting on my lanai and quickly sketched in my sketchbook
the shape of the cloud and also made notations of the colors.
I also tried to put into memory the image of the clouds and the
colorations. I painted the clouds several days later and I had
to refer to my sketchbook for the colors and shapes but I also
observed the clouds in the sky during the time I was painting
to help me with the modeling of the clouds. After about five
different layers of skies and landscapes I finally found a background
behind the owl that I liked. |
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