Got Geese!
After several days of studying the painting, I began to get some ideas of what to do to move it along. I shortened the log and changed the shoreline in the foreground as well as on the left and in the background. I think this gives the water a more natural, random shape than before [...]
Still thinkin'…
I’ve come to one conclusion about my painting…the log is too long. It’ll be a few days before I have any chance to make changes, but I’ve pretty much decided that the log will lose a couple feet out there near the water.
Hmmmm…
Well, another couple of sessions has brought it to this point: I’ve entirely reworked the clouds and really punched up the highlights on the edges. Also did some work on the water, to try and tone it down in keeping with the evening light. In the reference, there’s not a lot of contrast, but most [...]
And Even More Progess!
January 6: Foreground! Went through my reference, looking for a good log to use as a compositional device – something to break up the boring foreground and act as a visual lead-in. Now that the area I worked on two days ago is drying, the glare is disappearing, and you can see it better. The [...]
More Progress!
January 5: Tall trees on right. More wet paint, so more glare. Note the orange cast on the branches of the left hand white pine…the beginning of the sun that is glaring through in the photos. It’s a neat effect and I’m going to see what I can do with it when I revist the [...]
Progress!
January 4: worked on the far and left shore today. Paint is wet, so it’s got some glare but that will disappear as it dries. I always like my paintings better after the paint is dry. I don’t use any medium as I paint, at least not in these early stages so it all dries [...]
First Pass, Sky
Worked the first pass of the sky and cloud formations today. I’m sure I’ll have to revisit the sky in the future, but this is good for now. Once the rest of the painting is done (or nearly so) I’ll have something better to evaluate the sky against so can make more intelligent decisions when [...]
A Different Demo
I’ve been following Julie Zickefoose’s blog for awhile now and her most recent entry details her painting process as she works on a lovely watercolor of a stork. Julie is a naturalist, writer and artist and her blog is a witty collection of adventures combined with a reverence for nature. And if you’re a dog [...]
Scrubbed Color
Finally got a chance to do some more work on the painting. Since the sky is going to be such an important part of it, I really didn’t want to just plunge right in and try to do a “finished” sky right off the bat. Still thinking about balancing color and value, something that’s critical [...]
New Painting
I finally figured out that the time to start your garden is in the fall, at least for me; if I wait until spring, there’s just not enough time. So I took a break from art this fall, putting in a lot of much-needed work outside. Among other things, I finally fenced in the vegetable [...]
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