Abandoned City, Forgotten Past
Abandoned city, forgotten past is becoming an oil painting, ( 50 X 70 cm). I have laid the foundation with light broken colors, now I´ve applied denser colors and feeling my way toward beauty.
It is educating to look at how the images evolve. The goal is to create a feeling difficult to describe with words, the forgotten past, the dwindling memories of a life.
Starting with the aquarel.
Made sketches of the man and the goat.
I thought about making texture. Details, but not too much. This image will be like a dream memory.
I´m going to make the background more misty, trying to get interesting colors in the making. I think I want the foreground clear, maybe with a ray of the sun falling in.
I decided to try to make more lines in the painting. Like a drawing with colors. The meaning of this image is forgetting the past, so I´ll see if kind of dissolving the city behind him, will work.
Drawing lines around figures, greying the sky. Terracotta color on the city behind.
I will try to rein in the colors, keep them in orange and green/grey.
Darkened the grass, painted more buildings behind. Made everything a bit straighter. Will this be a good painting ever? Well, I am learning by doing. Wish me well.