Archive for June, 2009

River of Tulips Painting Revisited

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

‘River of Tulips’ started as a 16 x 10″ (41 x 25 cm) egg tempera painting. I spent many hours of labor over the details of the tulips. But I remained unhappy with the result. So I took a photograph of the painting and, last week, painted over it digitally until I arrived at a painting that now conveys the idea I originally had in mind.

Digital Painting of 'River of Tulips' by Nat Wildish

Digital Painting of 'River of Tulips' by Nat Wildish

I could easily paint on the original egg tempera painting with egg tempera paint until I arrived at the result you see here. Maybe one day I will!

Here’s the original egg tempera painting of ‘River of Tulips’:

Original Egg Tempera Painting of 'River of Tulips' by Nat Wildish

Original Egg Tempera Painting of 'River of Tulips' by Nat Wildish

I can see merits in both versions of the painting.  Which one do you like best, and why? I’d love to hear your thoughts.  Thanks.

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Painting of the Office de Tourisme in Divonne Les Bains, France

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

At the beginning of May there was a holiday here in France and we took the opportunity to go to Divonne for a photo shoot.  We discovered that very few people were out and about and there weren’t many cars on the road either.  It was a great day for taking loads of photos around the place.

I’m considering doing a series of paintings of Divonne and so I have started with the Tourist Office.  It’s in a pretty area with a stream flowing nearby and the Casino is across the street.

Digital Painting by Nat Wildish of Office de Tourism in Divonne les Bains, France

The painting was done in Adobe Photoshop, using brushes in very much the same way I would paint with normal brushes on paper.  Painting digitally gives access to different styles of painting that I couldn’t achieve easily, if at all, with egg tempera.

Divonne is a popular place for tourists.  There is very pretty countryside all around, the Divonne lake is near the town, and the town has small shops, restaurants and cafes.  (If you’d like to see what the Divonne lake is like, I’ve written about it with lots of photos: you can see them by clicking:  here.)  On Sundays there’s a market from early morning until around 1:30 and there are loads of people.  It’s great fun!

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