Today is my last vacation day to paint. Three photos from Pexel are in the line-up. I decide to start with what I believed would be the hardest. The Golden Gate Bridge has water, sky, land, a distant city, distant mountains, cars and a boat.....oh, and the bridge. Where to start? The bridge went in first, all but the vertical cables. Those went in last. That was nerve wracking, because I liked what I had completed up to that point. The sky went in easy, the water went in easy, the distant mountains went in easy, the distant city buildings went in (not easy, but they're there), the cars were dabs, the boat a bit more than a dab, with bubbled water behind it. Finally I had to add the vertical cables, yikes. Fortunately, the scene kept its integrity as an artistic rendition. Everything in this painting is distant, so nothing needed to be done with detail. I kept the closer cables heavier than the far cables. My sister-in-law, Alisa, took a liking to this one too, as she used to live in the Oakland/San Francisco area and said she's always wanted a memento. She thought this painting would do it, plus she got to see it being painted. Two of my works, going to California!
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