Men At Work is a painting by Jani Freimann which was uploaded on May 13th, 2011.
Men At Work
I titled this piece Men At Work because what many see as a tropical vacation spot, the locals see as a place of work. The contrast of these... more
Title
Men At Work
Artist
Jani Freimann
Medium
Painting - Watercolor
Description
I titled this piece Men At Work because what many see as a tropical vacation spot, the locals see as a place of work. The contrast of these fishermen pulling a boat up onto a beautiful and serene beach intrigued me and so I chose to give this piece brightness and color to further enhance the contrast.
This painting was a transitional painting for me; an Ah-ha moment because it was the first time that I painted something with only three primary colors and also chose, for the first time, to paint with only transparent colors.
A group of painters I painted with on a weekly basis decided to paint the same subject just to see what everyone would come up with. One of the painters had a photo from her Mexico trip. It was mostly brown and dull in color and there wasn't any houses or trees in the background, but the subject was good. There was about eight of us painting this image. I decided to try to paint a whole painting with only three transparent colors. Cobalt (blue), New Gamboge (yellow), and Rose Madder Genuine (red). When layering the color onto the paper it made it darker and less transparent. Also, I was able to create any color I wanted because they were primary colors with just those three colors.
After everyone finished their painting and when we met the following week, we placed our paintings on the floor next to each other. It was amazing to see the variety and how differently everyone painted their paintings of the exact same picture.
Uploaded
May 13th, 2011
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Comments (8)
Debra and Dave Vanderlaan
We added a Like to this beautiful painting Jani! Your work shows a lot of movement and your style is exciting. Celebrate life, Debra and Dave
Jani Freimann replied:
Thank you so much,Debra and Dave, for your encouraging words and for the Like. :-)
Talya Johnson
You have mastered this difficult medium!! This has such energy and life in it!
Jani Freimann replied:
Wow, I don't consider myself a master at watercolor. Watercolor is very difficult until you realize that it is is nature to be wild. Then you can work with it. Direct it. Use its wildness for your benefit. Thank you, Talya for your great comment. :-)
Kip DeVore
Very nice -- drama, execution, character. Seems to convey the idea, or an idea. very well.
Jani Freimann replied:
Thank you, Kip. A group of friends and I challenged each other to paint this subject. When we laid out all our paintings, it was wonderful to see all the very different interpretations.
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