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Karen Blackwood – Oil Painting
Painting the Essence of the Sea

When approaching a painting of the sea many artists find the idea of painting moving water and crashing waves a challenge. But if you can paint an apple, figure or a landscape you can paint the sea. I find it’s the same principle, if I look for the light, form and value and slow down my process I can actually capture it’s speed and energy. For me painting the sea has taught me that less is more.

Using the armature of the rectangle, a limited palette and limiting my values I’ll demo my block in of moving water striving to maintain the scenes essence thru completion of the seascape. My goal is always to capture a feeling more than every ripple or droplet hoping to share the essence of the sea.

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