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Jan 23 2010

SH-60 Hellfire Missile Shot

Posted by: Rob Burkhard in color, inspiration, studio, wax

During my 2004 deployment we carried two SH-60 LAMPS helicopters.  This painting was inspired from a photograph of a live fire shot with both helicopters flying; one shooting a Hellfire missile and the other observing along with the ship.  15 x 22 watercolor on 300lbs paper. The water is Antwerp Blue and Cadmium Yellow to make a nice turquoise and I added a bit of wax before I started for some interesting white skips in the water.

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2 Responses to “SH-60 Hellfire Missile Shot”
  1. Terry banderas says:
    January 24th, 2010 at 10:19 am

    You must have had fun doing this. I like it.

  2. Rob Burkhard says:
    January 24th, 2010 at 12:23 pm

    Thanks Terry. I always enjoyed watching the helicopters on my ships. Trying new things like the wax was a bit of a challenge because you don’t know what you will get until the colors goes down, but it came out ok. Your ink and watercolor drawings, and every day subjects really resonate with me BTW.
    Rob

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