Saturday, July 14, 2012

Thai Farmscape


Acrylic on Canvas, 9"X 9"

I was lucky to spot this beautiful farm in Chiang Mai province of Northern Thailand. After travelling virtually for hours in Thailand via google street view, this scene caught my eye. It looked complicated to paint the whole scenery, but I liked a bunch of things here... the background slopes overlapped in different hues of green, the little houses dotting here and there, the ploughed farm, and of course, the yellow floral foreground! I wanted to capture them all on my canvas. I made small changes by popping up the houses a bit and color them red, and brightened up the greenery to contrast the dark areas. Here is the reference scene from google. This would be my submission for the July-Virtual Paintout challenge.



6 comments:

  1. What a lovely painting Anita.The red for the houses do enhance the beauty of the greens.Loved the foreground and the distant mountains in the background.

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  2. Great composition and depth beautifully rendered with the bluish mountain that recedes in the far back. Great work!

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  3. Very nice, Anita. You really caught the "feel" of the country!

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  4. NICE JOB! Yes, it took me some "traveling" in Google Maps to find a subject to paint as well. You found a great place and made it even better.

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