Rays of Sunshine. Painting #45.

Rays of Sunshine is painting #45. It is my first black and white painting and something I consider affectionately as artsy fartsy.
It was inspired by a Joy of Painting episode. I was recovering from a recent surgery and before bed I would fall asleep while watching Bob Ross. At this particular period in time, I was feeling very creative and inspired. I’m not sure if it was the pain medication or the boredom since I couldn’t do much physical activity but I just had this drive to create and especially try new things with painting. Weather that be new scenes or trying new techniques, I just felt the urge to create.
I happened to come across S28E4 and thought the technique looked cool. I decided that I was going to try that except keep it black and white.

If you want to try this one as Bob does it, you’ll need the colors below. If you want to do it the way I’ve done it, you only need the gessos and the Titanium White.

Colors

• Alizarin Crimson
• Indian Yellow
• Phthalo Blue
• Prussian Blue
• Sap Green
• Titanium Hwite
• Liquid Clear
• White Gesso
• Black Gesso

Equipment

• 2 Inch Brush
• 1 Inch Brush
• Filbert Brush
• Foam Brush

This was quite a fun painting to do. It’s a challenge mixing the gessos to the right shade to match the values needed. That’s half the fun though. Using the paper towels to create the bushes was unique and fun too. This one may look simple being black and white but monotone paintings will give you a challenge utilizing the right value of color. That goes for any color you use.

Give it a shot. Try something different. It’s very rewarding. Would this look good hanging up on your wall? Check it out in my Etsy Shop or my Art Shop.

Happy painting!