I haven't been able to spend much time in front of the easel these past few weeks which is irritating when all I want to do is paint. However, I decided to skip any other chores this weekend and give this month's Virtual Paintout a try and take a trip along the roads around Romania to see if anything caught my eye. I found some great scenes in the mountainous regions of North East Romania, and this one especially appealed to me. It's a scene from a crossing, along a main road that runs right through the town of Piatra-Neam. What really caught my eye was the enormous puddle and the enigmatic reflections with the white stripes of the pedestrian crossing suspended across the whole format. Naturally, I added drama with deeper and more exciting colours, but I like the way an ordinary scene can come to life this way. It could be anywhere in the world and even though I like to somehow try and bring in the flavour of the particular city or country of the month's challenge, I just fixed on this one and had fun. This work took me four hours to complete, and there are some changes I would like to make to the composition, but I am leaving it as it is. Enough!
"After the Rain - Piatra-Neam, Romania"
Gouache on Watercolour Paper - 9" x 9"
Click ">HERE for scene painted from Google Maps with their permission.
Gouache on Watercolour Paper - 9" x 9"
Click ">HERE for scene painted from Google Maps with their permission.
16 comments:
Anne! This is an awesome and quite exciting piece. Very strong and I love the rain soaked street and the city busy-ness that is implied.
Thanks Sherry! I can't resist reflections...windows...puddles! :-)
What a great interpretation of the street view! The reflections are wonderful. And in gouache!! I am really impressed.
Thanks for the compliments Sarah and for stopping by!
This one is sincerely one of the most interesting of the Virtual Paintout Romanian serie... (Well, truly sincerely, it's THE most interesting, but keep that secret ;-)
A wonderful result! Street View has some gems, and it's worth the digging.
Love the colors and the way the stripes sit on the surface.
Jean-Baptiste - your compliment made my day! Thank you very much for yoru kind words. :-)
Thanks so much Leslie! It was the stripes of the pedestrian crossing that clinched this scene for me.
really wonderful reflections...love it
Thanks so much Carrington!
Ooh, I love this one -- you really nailed the reflections and the feeling of a rainy pavement. Four hours well spent!
Oh thanks so much Nicole! I've been over to your blog - some magnificent photographs there!
Your work is always the most interesting in that Virtual Paintout. I was disappointed you didn't post the one last month. This one is a corker :D
Awww, Charlotte, thanks. The last one, "Boston Maybe", had me dithering as I felt the foliage looked like a bunch of salad leaves!!! I also lost the Google Map link which is required with submission so I think it was meant to stay at home here on my blog. ;-(
Charlotte - I also felt the cars on the right hand side looked a little like those found in illustrations for childrens' books. I'll stop now.
Thanks Mary!
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