Jefferson Memorial at Night--Landscape Oil Painting

Working on these little twilight paintings has been quite fun. Starting with a dark canvas is helpful. For this painting I used a support made of mdf hardboard covered with black acrylic gesso. It was completed for the Different Strokes Bi-Weekly Challenge. The twilight paintings work very well with a limited palette. This painting was created with a palette of Ultramarine, Alizarin Crimson, Titanium, and Cadmium Yellow. Working with a limited palette also provides a way to keep the painting unified. This painting is 5x7 inches and will eventually be placed in a standard frame, displayed on a small tabletop easel, or when it is dry, listed in my Etsy Gallery along with some of my other small paintings.

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