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Oil Paintings from the sky and clouds - Air |
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These paintings take the sky as their main subject. The Scottish skies that I paint are well known for the extreme range of colour and light which can be observed on a daily basis.
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The experience of looking directly into the light, to me, brings to mind all of the symbolism and mystery that we have associated with the sun and light throughout our history.
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Paintings of moonlight still need to be luminous, if a convincing picture of the moonlit sky is to be painted. Clouds transmit and reflect the moon’s light in a broadly similar way to sunlit clouds, but our eyes lack the sensitivity to appreciate this fully. The strangest thing I have seen in a moonlit sky was a moonbow, a pale spectral form of rainbow. - Painting Moonlight
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Outdoor oil painting is central to sky based work. Oil sketches painted on the spot have a life and luminousity of their own and are pretty essential to understanding the complexities of painting the sky and clouds. - Outdoor Painting - Oil Sketches
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Painting sunsets give the landscape artist the opportunity to explore the widest range of colour and tone that can be seen in nature.
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