Painting Turner's sunsets...

My latest attempt. To paint JWM Turner's sunset. Taken from his original (below) of "The Fighting Temeraire" (ruby has a pic right!?) I'm now attempting to paint just the sunset portion. And it's not easy.

Here I've only managed to get the basic colors down in big bold strokes. But notice the detail. It's not so bland like mine. It's alive.

Of course. It's Turner.. one of Britain's most well-known artists of the 18-19th century.



Original [view larger image]