A bird crashed into the window of our house so I decided to draw it after it had died. Unfortunately I did the colour study with the bird in shadow and my painting and pallet in the sunlight.. I didn't know it, but when I went back inside the painting was much darker and less chromatic.
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This was a quick (about 45 minutes) plein air study of a sunset.
I will be teaching a Landscape painting workshop on June 9th with The Painted Tree in Cobourg, Ontario. It's a one day workshop in which students will be able to learn some of the techniques I use in creating small landscape and cityscape paintings.
For more information check here or contact me at m.tarini@hotmail.com.
Matthew Tarini is a young realist painter living in Toronto. He was trained initially in the traditional academic method and has found it invaluable as a foundation for creating realist works. He is now exploring different ways of expressing himself with paint. Recently he has been referring to the works of other artists he admires for inspiration, ideas and new techniques. Matthew is particularly interested in portraiture and is actively building a body of work in this genre.