Just finished this desert painting, would you like to ignore my artwork as hard as Reddit and Insta do :)?
- Saguaro Deset Sunset, acrylic on primed hardboard
- Saguaro Deset Sunset, acrylic on primed hardboard
This reminds me of a line in Forrest Gump.
"And then in the desert, when the sun comes up, I couldn't tell where heaven stopped and the earth began."
It's beautiful
Thanks! The glow is a combination of glazing pyrrol red and vat orange over a very pale primary yellow and putting it next to darker, flatter and greyer colours. Sneaking in some quinacridone magenta always seems to work some kind of magic, over red it make it a really punchy red srifting to purple with more layers. Then i made sure i spread the colour into the objects, and up past the edges of the horizon. Vat orange punches above its weight in glow.
Very cool. I have a friend who paints from time to time. I'll make sure to let them in on these secrets. ;)
It’s going to look like I am engaging by commenting on this post about how fantastic the color choices are. But I swear I am ignoring it, pinky promise and everything!
It’s great. Nice use of colors. I’m getting more Arizona vibes, but could easily fit New Mexico too. Well, I’m off to ignore this real hard. Can’t let u/spez win this one.