I did this after a photo that I have taken in the Jewish Museum in Berlin (well, I would imagine that we’re at least thousands of people having taken the same photo – nothing original about that)
It’s not really green, but my photo turned out almost monochrome, so i decided to pick a color. I think the light/shade works okay in this one. People are quite hard to paint or draw in a simple manner. If i want to do a simple abstraction, they somehow end up looking like little penguins. I have the same problem when i do cars. Little penguins.
The Jewish Museum in Berlin is a must-see if you’re there. It’s probably the break-through design of the architect Daniel Liebeskind, and he certainly succeeded in making a symbolic, sculptural building that seems to play with peoples emotions with its architectural vocabulary.
I like the little abstract people! They really help set the scale and they don’t need to look realistic. They certainly don’t look like penguins.
Thanks! I’m glad you don’t think they look like penguins ;).. I do insist on the one furthest to the left, though!
Love the monochrome green! And also the people. Really nice painting!
Thanks!
The simplicity is very expressive. I like that you’re exploring.
Thanks. Next time, I’ll se if i can get some more contrast out of my watercolors. I Actually had a watercolor of Thomas W Scahller in mind in doing this.