Saturday, May 9, 2009

The Metisse - WIP, almost there...

The progress photo of the Metisse as promised. Not long now- just the water and reflections and maybe a little tweaking here and there...

I was a nervous about the composition at first because the boat is pretty close to dead center. I like it right now, we'll see if I still like it when the painting is complete.

3 comments:

r garriott said...

Looking very nice! I will check back to see the finished work.

Just curious, do you find the red background activates your eyes a lot, before you get the other colors on?

L.Holm said...

So far doesn't look too centered--the boat facing the other direction on the "aft side" pulls my eye back that direction. There's good movement all around the canvas.

Douglas Hoover said...

Sara, I followed your link from Liz's blog. The boat painting in your avitar caught my attention.

So, now, upon looking at your blog... I'm a fan. Absolutely beautiful paintings.

Looks like I'm in good company, too. Hey R., hey Liz!

In agreement with Liz, very good composition with "The Matisse".