Rainbow Warrior - 27

It's been a matter of hard work today...nothing spectacular, just hard slog! But it's this work which pays dividends later on...large areas of colour have a good impact on the appearance of the work. Close up of course the density of the dots creates a pleasing texture which I really like and adds another dimension to the piece.

Below are a couple of photos I took this week from my bedroom window...I'll be incorporating a rainbow in the picture ....give me another month and i'll be on it!

Jigsaw - 7

I've put basic layers of colour onto the hand and brought the base layer of dark blue of the collar of my jacket down to meet it.The jacket is a classic 'dinner Jacket' with shiny collar...I hope I can indicate this in the picture.

The Blind Girl

1856
John Everett Millais

I thought I'd post a couple of photo's of a rainbow seen from my bedroom window last evening.I once heard an art critic talking about rainbows and the apparent impossibility that they cannot be painted in a realistic way. This put me in mind of the well known Pre Raphaelite painting by John Everett Millais (see above).A rainbow is clearly visible in the background. What do you think..was the critic right?