This is the view across the street. Ted's house is on the left and he is my direct neighbor. The light is pretty flat and frankly flat lighting always gives me a tough time . So I just aim for patterns of color. Just imagine an abstract and you won't have too hard of a time figuring out the center of interest.
I dropped my Nikon camera a while back and it seems that I can't get the auto focus to work really well. It's a bummer.
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This is the next in the series. These are my 2 birch trees in my front yard. One is kinda leaning away from the other. It might be a male female issue. Who knows. Anyway , the light during this time is fun to paint. My house is right behind the 2 trees. The painting aboove is a 5 x 7 color sketch. It's always a good idea to work out the color arrangement ahead of time. I plan to go very expressive with my paint strokes , so this sketch acts as a conductor of where I want to go.
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Ever done a painting and at the moment you thought it was pretty good and then the next day you scratch your bald head and shout out to whoever is listening ... What was I thinking? Well, this next painting is one of those. But I post it here for curiosity sake. I think its okay .... I was trying new things and a new ground. The horse was so black that when he was sprayed down with the hose , he appeared blue! The rope was neon red and the hose was a complimentary green aqua. It was hard to resist the combination.
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You're too hard on yourself. I think the horse looks great as well as the figures but maybe what's not connecting for you or the viewer is a stronger sense of a wet ground with reflections and such. It would attach the figures to the ground more as well as making things look wetter. You can blame me if it messes up a nice piece. I can't believe it's as small as it is!
ReplyDeleteMick ... Good critique .... Will do....
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