Crossing the Bosphorus by ferry
This is very much work in progress. I have got as far as putting in the shadows with a mix of Cobalt and Phthalo Blue, the mix I like using in any scene that is southern European or nearby
I have done the sky in the same, and the sea also but over an orange wash which gives it a greenish hue, and as always I hope this works. I have put some more orange here and there into some of the buildings as highlights as the shoreline was getting monotonous. There will be some more shadows yet going in to the buildings and also the boats that are still tied up
The boat mid channel I hope to do in much more detail, as much as my shaky hand will allow, and I want to introduce some red into this boat to bring it forward from the shore. That is the theory anyway.
Annoyingly the camera has picked up the texture of the paper so that it looks as though I am painting on onion skin. I seem to get a better result with the camera on my phone these days so might use that for the finished image.
Since this photograph was taken I have done some more work on the painting. Nothing startling, just deepening the shadows, and deepening the sea colour in the foreground. The shoreline is starting to take on a cubist look, unintentionally but interesting nonetheless.
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Love it so far!
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Thank you Maranda. I hope it finishes ok. Dreadful photography on my part just doesn’t help
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This is a really random comment, but I have never really been sure how to say “phthalo” and so I looked it up just now here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GQi7X8IMgQ and now I am wondering why they have that “ph” at the beginning if you don’t really say it. Love the shadows in your painting, by the way.
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believe me I spell it differently every time, and mostly refer to the tube for guidance
Thanks for the comment. I did some more work on it after publishing this picture, and I think I’m getting some definition at last. One of the bugbears of watercolour is that the pigment disappears when dry, and then needs strengthening again, as I’m sure you know
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That’s interesting, David. I don’t use watercolour often (just on holidays for sketching)
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probably the best place for it!
Can be a capricious mistress. I’m hooked for life though
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Not at all – I admire water colourists, I just prefer oil!
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