Airport Wait

Acrylic on Panel

8 X 10

This photo was taken in an airport on the way to France. The picture portrays an element of waiting and boredom because the girls are not engaged with each other. The girl in the middle is the focal point because the girls on both sides of her are facing her. Also there is a line implied by the girl on left line of sight that goes directly to the book in the middle girls hands. I simplified the background a great deal by taking out a counter and a window to make the background less important. The features of the girl on the right are not as detailed as the girl in the middle to make the right girl less important. I struggled with the left girl’s leg because it is crossed and without the foot showing, the perspective looks strange. Overall, I like how the painting turned out and the feeling it expresses.

Summer Lovin'

Acrylic on Panel
8 X 10

When the sun is beating directly down, colors have a greater contrast. The people walking in this painting are almost outlined because of this effect. The woman also has a "halo" around her head because of the sun. The water is lighter close up and a darker blue in the distance to show that the water is deeper and in the background. There is a foreground, a middle ground, and a background. The older people are the foreground, the woman in the distance is the middle ground, and the background is the mountain range, which touch the sky. The sky is darker as it goes up because light reflects and bounces off of the water back to the sky, making the sky appear lighter from a distance.