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Thunderbird Corner
Watercolour and marker
©2012 Charlene Brown
This painting of the No.16 Corner of the luge run at the Whistler
Sliding Centre is based on a couple of photos I took just two weeks ago.Right now, however, this area (at the final corner where
the track circles round a vertical wall and heads back uphill to the finish line) is covered in
lush green grass and the track itself is bare concrete...
For winter colour and shadow reference, I was able to use some pictures I took during a race three years ago. But I had to get Google to find me a picture of a luge rounding the Thunderbird corner during the Winter Olympics, in order to know where to put it in the painting. On the right is my only photo of this part of the track. I managed to take it just after my grandson went by, so it wasn't really helpful.
For winter colour and shadow reference, I was able to use some pictures I took during a race three years ago. But I had to get Google to find me a picture of a luge rounding the Thunderbird corner during the Winter Olympics, in order to know where to put it in the painting. On the right is my only photo of this part of the track. I managed to take it just after my grandson went by, so it wasn't really helpful.
