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Sun Sets In Haze & Dunes

Yes! another go.

This painting, a day or more after the first (see here), this was created when there was so much dust in the air, and I could tell it would 'become a red sun' easily.

You see, when the sky is clear, and blue, you often don't get a red sun, or only through a smok-like horizon cloud.
Here it was red even way above the horizon, and it lasted long.
I did decide to not paint it red, as red is a mid-tone, I could have chosen orange, but I didn't want to darken up my sky, or replace what I already liked, so I stuck with this very light whitish orange.

(TIP) Next time, when you see the conditions for a red sun, and you start a few hours prior, it can help to already choose a darker palette of colors for the sky, to make sure a 'orange' can sing as a 'light'. 
{Not to say one way is better than the other. Only saying, to myself mostly, experiment with different value relationships. Starting with a more mid-tone sky, you can make a sun more easy, have it be the lightest even when the sun itself is painted as a light-mid-tone. Experimentation makes painting so interesting.}

219. SSU29-2024 Seascape Sunset Sea and Dunes II 20x29 cm | 8x11.5" Oils/Panel | Roos Schuring 2024
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I created a online painting course about 'How I Paint The Sun' 
► You can find it here.
It can help you with your Sunrise and Sunset paintings:
offering inspiration, theory, examples, demos, helpful tips for quick and simple improvement.


► There is also a specific online painting course
about 'Painting the Sunset at The Beach' 
Find this here.

► And I also have an evening in-person beach class for Sunset Painting in Holland. 
Find this here.

► A daytime beach class is here.

 

 

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