Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Ever tried a Rainbow !?

Ever tried a rainbow!? it is hard!! especially alla prima,wet in wet.
This was a little excercise from a picture i took from the many,many rainbows here in Wales.
Can't imagine doing this plein air,before you're set up,it will be gone...

6x9" oil on panel...when i feel brave enough,i would like to soften the rainbow a bit...

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

No i've never done that!
Once there was one a few meter away from me after a very hard shower but it has something that i doesnt like to paint i guess.

rob ijbema said...

we see them a lot here,and the contrast in the landscape is stunning...and looking back,i like the contrast and colors in this work
but it is waaaaay to thight!!

rob ijbema said...

glad you agree raine,
always something to unlearn!

Jon Conkey said...

Rob,

I fear the rainbow...but I'll give one a try, here we get double and triple rainbows in spring.

rob ijbema said...

good luck Jon!
i will try another one too,once i've recovered from this one...
the mistake i did,was not painting it transparent enough,hard to do wet on wet!