Dramatic Sky with Limited Palette
Taken in the front yard in the morning, on the way to an appointment. I went back to get the raincoat.
This is an edit of a particularly active sky, active with different visual elements. I chose to contrast the wispy high clouds with the solid rain cloud in the lower foreground. Thanks to my wife, Joy, for naming this photo.
I like turbulent weather. It gives my sky photography some interesting grist.
I know I once saw a sky something like the one I painted below. I scoured my photo files for evidence of that, to no avail. I’ve seen patterns of clouds at the cusp of dark. Their bottoms reflected the sun below the horizon while their tops were cool with evening colors. My abstract suggests […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: My experiment today is a full scale study of the warmup exercise I did earlier today (Warmup – Use of White). I followed the same steps as I did in the warmup. My goals were to create a passable reflection and to make the sky more dramatic than in the warmup exercise. One […]