Reflection

My recreation only superficially resembles Evening Rendezvous. The sketchpad was unable to match Lewis's dabs of white, which simultaneously blend in with the foggy gray background and pop out. Furthermore, the red and blue streaks inability to blend lessens their imagery of fire and smoke, respectively. I improvised with the background; the radial gradient doesn't mimic the gray fog background but instead suggests imagery of a full moon. This ironically, makes it one of the few things to make the mood of the original original work, with something sinister and mysterious emerging from the darkness. This would work better, however, if the other elements of the painting could more closely mimic the original imagery. Ultimately I think I was unsuccessful in capturing the theme and style of Evening Rendezvous.

In a future similar project, I'd probably work with a different software; I think that the limitations of the sketchpad led to the detraction of the impact of the imagery.