How exciting! Riding full tilt through a Canyon Desert at night! Nothing but the light of Moon illuminating the way!
I’ve been wanting to paint a Moon light scene for a few months now. I just never seemed to have the right composition or story for the night scene. Then the other evening, I was browsing through my photos, I had taken at various horse events here in Maine, and found this man and horse, full gallop! I thought about the rocks I had seen when I was in Arizona, and how they jutted up out of the ground and reached for the sky. I thought about the cactus, and prickly pear, that grew there, and decided to put this pair in that scene. As I got it sketched out, I realized, that it would be even more exciting, to have them full tilt at night! And the play on words for a title came to mind Moon shine run. This Watercolor Painting is 20 x 16 inches on 300lb Arches Cold Press Paper.
I’m having a lot of fun with this one. It seems to be really stretching my brain! The angles, the shadows, and the light that is absent of warmth. The Moon is behind them, so there is the outline of moonshine on their outer edges.
This painting will be taking a lot of layers to get the colors toned down and give the atmosphere of night.
~Debbie Flood
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