Easy Painting - Rising Blue Moon

Easy Painting - Rising Blue Moon

I am one of those painters that brakes the rules.  I try, if it fails, I know then what will work and what won't.

This painting was one of those.  At this stage when I took a picture, it was hanging outside in daylight and I was amazed at the absolute blue it portrays.  A real Blue Moon!  

But when I painted it, it looked all fine to me and that is how it will look like in the normal setting, against a wall in the house.

1. I took canvas of 40 cm x 60 cm, painted the background blue with some BLUE SUEDE ACRYLIC wall paint and not your normal white.
2. I then started to shade my background, Clouds about 1/3 of the canvas, misty sky the other 1/3 and I divided the last 1/3 in two and painted a flat sea and the rest breaking waves.  As you can see, I used basic three colors, white, a strong peachy pink and blue,  Mixing it and streaked with a half dry brush effect for the sky and used wet on wet for the flat water effect.  A dry brush with tips just dipped in the different colors, was the background for the breaking waves.
3. Then I mixed in a margarine container a half box (prox. 1 cup) of Polly Filla.  In it I also mixed the same wall paint, but white.  I want the moon to have the same acrylic mix, as I was scared that it would otherwise peal off from the canvas.
4. Now I know not everyone can make a perfect circle, so you can use a round container that will give you the right size of moon and draw lightly on the near drying canvas.  Heap then the Polly Filla in the center and start spreading it carefully.  It is suppose to have an embossed look.  The roughness will give it the texture and you can even make the crater marks if you want.
5. Then I took some Polly Filla and add some to form clouds.  The other I use to make the breaking waves.  I use the back of my brush to push and shape it a bit till it look right.  I give this e while to dry, as I want to add now white to it in a dry brush effect, just to give it that fluffy and frothing effect.
6. After it was dry enough I painted the moon a lighter shade of blue and add some pink to it to bring the colors together.
7. Remember to sign your name, as it is your own painting!

As my painting was on a blocked canvas, I did not feel that it needed a frame, but when using a blocked canvas, remember to paint the sides too.  The front must continue over the sides.

Hope this will help you on the way to painting and to breaking the rules.  The point is ... FEEL FREE TO EXPLORE, to EXPRESS YOURSELF and HAVE FUN!