Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Annunciation Colours

Today I painted the first colour study to my Annunciation picture. Most of the colours came naturally and were influenced by van Eyck's Annunciation. Here are the two.

My photo is brighter. The part in the top right is nearly full black. There were a lot of browns and the false horizon was a bit of dilemma. The warm colours nearby suggested a cool colour, but a warm wall also seemed natural. The entire picture is mostly yellow browns, and it's probably the picture's destiny to stay that way.