Fauvist Landscapes of Giggleswick

Fauvist Landscapes of Giggleswick 

During this period i was fascinated with the outdoors just as much as i was fascinated with this style of painting, inspired by the fauves, Claude Monet's Venice twilight was a piece i was truly fascinated by. How the colours set the mood of the painting and therefore the response of the viewership. I realised that colours have a psychological power if used correctly, it can alter a persons mood, change ones emotion or even implant one. 

i even used oil paint to try reproducing the Venice twilight by Monet. 

I went outside and did some life drawings

Experimented with colours and brush makings 

Above pieces were simply paintings on test strips of canvas 

Below are the larger pieces that i took my time on

I worked hard and focused a lot on the brush making, i wanted the details to stand out from a distance, especially in the skies. I wanted the viewers eyesight to move with the markings on the canvas, markings that guide them throughout the entire painting through the uses of colour and directional mark makings of a brush. 

The skies were not as brilliantly executed in the painting above 

This piece i finished my series on. 

The skies are so powerful, i emphasised the blue, like a giant mass of weathering clouds crashing into the landscape, but what it also does is leads the viewers line of sight throughout the whole painting, it guides you from top to bottom. 

These Landscape paintings was one of my most enjoyable series, i look forward to getting back into it in the future.