Today I painted two lighthouses. The first one is from my trip to Whidbey Island last week. This lighthouse, at Admiralty Head, has recently been restored and is resplendent on the high bluff above the sea. My painting is a bit clumsy but it shows the massiveness of the lighthouse and the late afternoon sunlight coming from the left, with the dark trees behind.
My second lighthouse painting is a copy of a painting by Qian Gao. I like the way he used browns in the sky and in the land, and the loose way he treated the lighthouse.
