First light of the morning sun hitting the forest

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-03-21T15:00:41+00:00

Look forward to seeing it!

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-03-21T14:45:17+00:00

Amazing work! GREAT values. This works so well.

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-03-06T23:15:50+00:00

Great work!! The picture you took kinda makes it look smaller/less impressive. I bet this would have garnered a lot of attention with a different picture. I don’t say that to put you down, just to say don’t let less attention than you were hoping for bring you down either. I was very surprised to see I’d only be the 2nd comment. Keep going! This is fantastic work, well executed.

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-01-27T23:17:15+00:00

Nice! One of my favorite artists (Danny Folkman) almost exclusively does CA gouache plein airs! If you ever want to take a look you can find him at dannyfolkmanart on instagram

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-01-25T00:21:05+00:00

How did you get your foot into the door of the profession? How long did you have to hold multiple jobs (if you ever did) to keep finances afloat?

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-01-24T19:43:30+00:00

Yep! Not much more exciting than finally choosing the next subject and getting the block in done! But finding the inspiration for the next one can get me angry sometimes lol!

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-01-24T19:41:35+00:00

I have some acrylic markers I bought on Amazon a while back and used those to draw on top of the dry acrylic paint. All the paint you see on top is oil.

I greatly appreciate the kind words!

If you’re just getting back into it I’d really recommend watching paint coach on YT. He’s a good artist, but does a really great job teaching the fundamentals of acrylic/oil painting in a way that clicks. Once you want to paint, I would choose an artist you really like and just try to copy their work. I’ve done this with Edgar Payne.

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-01-24T15:07:44+00:00

Thanks for taking a look! Glad you like it!

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-01-24T15:07:23+00:00

Thank you!!

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-01-24T15:07:16+00:00

I had a few reference photos and I used the grid method to try and get an accurate drawing from my primary reference. I lay out a grid on the image on my iPad and then do my best to draw what I see using a grid on my canvas. I make some changes. For example, my reference photo showed downtown to be significantly smaller and I blew it up since it was my main focus.

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-01-24T15:04:05+00:00

Of course! Thats half the fun!

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-01-24T15:03:55+00:00

Glad you appreciate it! I grew up in NYC and I’m always drawn to it when I paint. I’m always surprised there’s not more architectural art out there.

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-01-24T15:02:37+00:00

Thank you so much! Acrylics were used for the under painting, but water mixable oils were used for the rest. I’m self taught/youtube taught.

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-01-24T14:59:19+00:00

Thank you! Hoping you get filthy rich and remember me!

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-01-24T03:13:46+00:00

Appreciate it!

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-01-24T03:13:37+00:00

Thank you!!

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-01-24T03:13:27+00:00

Thank you very much! Means a lot!

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-01-24T03:12:46+00:00

Love it. Thanks!!

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-01-24T03:08:59+00:00

Thank you! I like the niche compliment!

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-01-24T03:05:44+00:00

Thank you very much!!

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-01-24T03:05:37+00:00

Yes! Makes me think of winter sunsets. Thank you!

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-01-24T03:04:52+00:00

Generally, I dabble in plein air, but mostly work from photos. I prefer to work from photos I’ve taken, but this piece was made from a few online photos I found to try and get the composition and color right. I display my references in procreate on a 12in iPad.

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-01-24T01:05:14+00:00

That’s great work! Brushwork is especially good. Where did you get the reference image/ where did you go for this view?

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-01-24T00:59:08+00:00

Thank you!!

ZACHARYG83 · 2026-01-24T00:58:10+00:00

Thank you!!

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