Here is my newest painting. If it looks a bit familiar, it is because I originally did it on Photoshop. I posted it here early on, in my Sketchbook. I use it as walllpaper and every time I see it come up in my slideshow, I think how much I like the image. And, of course, how I could change it and improve upon it. Always. And in all paintings.
It is one of the reason I like the Photoshop so much. When I’ve done an image on it and then, immediately start obsessing about how I should have moved this character over an inch and, that building just bit lighter, I can go in and move it or lighten it. But, though I really enjoy it and have come to the conclusion that for me, yes, painting with pixels is just as valid as painting with paint, there is nothing that compares to the feeling of a brush on a canvas.
So as I looked at the Paris scene, I thought it would be fun to actually paint it. to see how close I could get to the computer generated image. And for the most part, it was a romp. I got pretty close to it. Now, I am not able to paint that lovely layer style glow around the moon. But I did finish off the composition. I added more buildings here and there. I like it.
Here are both versions of it. Let me know what you think.
Of course, now that I look at it, the little guy playing the violin in the painting could have gone over to the left two inches. And if you like the computer generated one more, please don’t tell me.
