"Barcelona Morning", 3 x 5" acrylic on canvas board
Over at The Virtual Paintout, Bill Guffey each month invites people to tour a different city via Google Street View and create art from something they see. Last month, it was Florence, Italy, and this month it is Barcelona, Spain. My painting is from a view of a golf course. I wanted to portray a morning with the sun just coming up, the cool, damp grass and trees and the promise of a hot day ahead. Since it’s such a tiny picture, it was finished in one go, all alla prima-like, just after breakfast on a Sunday morning. It’s perhaps not as exciting as real tourism, but there’s no jet-lag to worry about, and your luggage can’t go missing….
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I think this is so beautiful and you’ve indeed captured the morning sun. I hope I can do better next month than I did in July on Bill’s challenge. Your work reminds me of Jane Hunt’s…at least in this particular piece. I love it!
Thank you, Sherry! I’m a fan of Jane Hunt’s work, so I really appreciate your kind words. I like the freshness of the painting you did for Barcelona month — I took a look at the scenery along that stretch of shoreline and just couldn’t get inspired by it. It’s always interesting to see what moves different people to take up a brush or pencil….
Those are two wondeful bonuses right there!