I found an old photograph taken in 1910 that has been in the public domain for many years, and decided to attempt a painting using the general view and perspective found in the old photograph. I initially wanted to do a more realistic painting but soon found that with the extremely low resolution of the photograph and the detail that this was impossible. So, if one looks closely, they will find that the buildings are mere shapes of various sizes inter weaved into a mosaic to give the impression of a city viewed from a high prominence. I did enjoy painting it even though it was very time consuming. I probably spent more time on this than I normally spend on 10 regular paintings.
I found an old photograph taken in 1910 that has been in the public domain for many years, and decided to attempt a painting using the general view and perspective found in the old photograph. I initially wanted to do a more realistic painting but soon found that with the extremely low resolution of the photograph and the detail that this was impossible. So, if one looks closely, they will find that the buildings are mere shapes of various sizes inter weaved into a mosaic to give the impression of a city viewed from a high prominence. I did enjoy painting it even though it was very time consuming. I probably spent more time on this than I normally spend on 10 regular paintings.