Oil painting on canvas board 40x50 cm - Colours used : French Ultramarine Payne's Gray Titanium White Alinzarin Crimson Cadmium Yellow Burnt Umber Burnt Sienna Lamp Black Cadmium Red Deep Hue
Amazing Painting! I especially like the background and the feeling of depth that is portrayed. I was wondering, If I want to paint a seascape, portaying the depth in the background, in Greek ' να 'κλεινει' προς τα πισω η θαλασσα', because I want to focus on a figure in the foreground, will the colour of the sea be darker? I had tried to depict the depth in my painting " With you tomorrow it will be a better day", but not very effectively...
Depth in painting means dim, blurred colours... Although this rule, sea can show its depth with blurred dark blue as the sea in the background becomes darker in blue and non lighter...
well , it depends where the sun is... If sun takes place low at horizon , its light hits the horizon line and lightens the background and in the other hand , forehead waves reflect the sunlight on their edges... In this case sea in its depth reflects the light because horizon lays closer to the light source ... If we don't have a clear idea where sun is, we have to depict the sea's background with dark blurred blue and not at all green , as green is nothing else but a cool colour (blue) lightened by a neutral warm colour (yellow)... That' s why the sea waves become green when are near to the shore - less depth allows the sun light to pass through water and so lightens the blue water giving to it a pal green colour...
You may think that I know nothing about art but I have to admit that it is the first time that I have understood why the sea is green when it comes to the shore. Thank you very much for your explanatory comment.