View of the highway and high-rise buildings, from my office in downtown Beirut. I just discovered what I can do using a little gouache over the water colors - great for night scenes!
This one - in duplicate - was done from the balcony of my apartment in Beirut. I accidentally changed the image to black and white in Gimp (freeware photoshop clone) and then decided I actually like it better than the color version.
Beirut harbor at dusk is really lovely, as the lights start coming on in the houses and along the roads in the northern suburbs and on the mountains. The gouache was great for this sketch.
And then I figured I should try one at night, see how that would work out.
I kind of like it. Gold gouache is cool stuff, too!
