Friday, July 6, 2012

Skimming off the Top

Wipeout by Alice Leggett
"Wipeout!" by Alice Leggett - Prints available

Wet and wild, cutting through the water and kicking up the spray, makes a great action scene with an impending splashdown. I enjoy seeing the graceful curves of the white spray that follow the trail of the skimboard's path - I think it's quite beautiful! Not sure if I would ever try skimboarding, though. I like painting too much.

On a technical note, I'm using phthalo blue and phthalo green instead of cerulean blue and viridian. I'm enjoying the more intense colors for the water, finding that interpreting the color I want is more challenging and dynamic than matching the colors of nature. 

I'd love to hear what you think about color interpretation!

This new painting is a 6" x 6" oil on panel, $225 unframed.