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| Street Corner: The main feature of this painting is the shining patch of road emphasized by the two dark figures placed against it. Notice how the light windows shine against their dark surroundings. | The Railway Bridge: Counterchange plays an important part in a painting of this type, and care has to be taken to place lights against darks whenever possible and to preserve pale areas. The halo effect needs careful handling. | ||||||||||
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| The Coffee Stall: The object here was to capture the misty drizzly atmosphere of an inner city scene by night. The diagonals of the viaduct and roadway providing a more pleasing composition. The figures added to provide tonal contrast | Autumn in East Leach: A mixture of hard and soft edges were administered here to provide an impression of a misty morning | ||||||||||
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| Santorini: In very hot conditions the sun seems to drain much of the colour from the landscape, and we have to look very closely at for those elusive tones. The whitewashed walls of the church reflecting the blue of the sky, and rich reflected colours in the shadows. | Twilight: The colours and tones of late evening need careful handling, and this painting underlined the need to emphasize the deep tones of the nearer trees to provide contrast with the lighted windows | ||||||||||
| Copyright © Ray Campbell Smith 2005 | |||||||||||
