Thursday, December 28, 2006

Lifting fog

i was a bit disappointed when i got up early for this one...the frost was gone and the fog was lifting,but quite happy i got something out of a dull morning...

oil on 8x10" panel

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Deze is wel zooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo goed Rob!!!

Maybe my all time favorite from you. very well done. I hope you'll see it too when you have overcome you disappointment.

Wel jammer dat het niet aanklikbaar is, ... de foto.

rob ijbema said...

not unhappy with this one at all Rene,just with the weather when i woke up...
very pleased with the massed Trevor C. trees
strange that it doesn't click,i uploaded a big pic,i'll try again...

Anonymous said...

Rob.. I really like the way you have handled the background in this one! well done. Some increased contrast of the trees in the FG might really make it pop!?

nice

Anonymous said...

Another excellent painting!

Anonymous said...

love that distant hazed over background, church...Rob..
nice sense of atmosphere and mood!

rob ijbema said...

hi Michael
not much pops in the fogs...lol!

know what you mean though,you're not the only one who mentioned this to me,it's going to be my mantra for the coming year...when the sun shines!

rob ijbema said...

thanks Christopher
much appreciated,coming from you.

rob ijbema said...

cheers Larry,
it looks so easy when it's done doesn't it!?
had to wipe the whole lot off in dispair,than the ghost of the image made it happen!

rob ijbema said...

haha,nee raine wel rain maar geen print.

amazing Zuid Afrikaans sounds so old Hollands,i've heard some S.African comunities are more Dutch than the Dutch them selfes

Lesley Todd said...

Happy new year, Rob! I really love this one. I like the depth with the buildings in the background. Very nice!

rob ijbema said...

all the best to you and yours too lesley!
and thanks for your support!