5.30.2013

Landscape: Capturing the Light

by Lisa Larrabee


Breaking Through
Oil  18" x 24"
artist Lisa Larrabee

I created this painting in an attempt to capture the brilliant but fleeting  moment when light breaks through the clouds after a rainstorm.

I generally like to begin on a warm toned background.  It allows for additional depth and richness in the colors layered over the top.  I blocked in the main shapes loosely to get the composition set.