Nandan Nair

“Evening Scenery” is based on a painting “The Banks of the Oise” by the artist Charles-François Daubigny. It features the evening sky reflecting onto a river, with trees and a cabin in the background. It is slightly different from my earlier works on nature like Impressionism: Mountain Scenery, Forest – Impressionism or Evening Glaciers.

To make the painting my own, I added my twist to the original version. One was that I chose very bright colors, instead of the more dark and more daytime colors featured in the original. I also added a cabin in the background, changed the river path on the right hand side of the canvas, and added trees on the altered land.

I first did a light undercoat. The next layer was the sky. I changed the blue undercoat with a variation of yellow to red (the yellow layer was near the sun and I made the sky darker progressively until it was an orange-red). The next task was reflection, making objects look upside down and proportional so that it looked realistic. When that got over, I gave the land a fresh coat of green, with  yellow and green grass for detail. Next, I did all the trees. For the small trees, I painted it green on the side where it was facing away from the sun, and yellow where it was facing the sun. For the big trees, I did the same thing, but it was more detailed. Finally, I covered the cabin in light blue with dark blue lines to make it look distinct. To top it all off, I signed my signature.

You can see all the photos uploaded on my Flickr album. Do write to me your comments or suggestions. I hope you enjoy my very own version of “The Banks of the Oise”.