about 5x7 pastel and oil on marble dust board
I tried hard to stick to my analogous color theme and to vary my color within a value. Unfortunately my photo does not show that well...sorry.
Today's questions and challenges:
1.What is the lightest light? That will help determine many other marks in the painting .
2.The sky sets the tone, but how does it tie in with the landscape?
3.Where are the highest contrasts? Sharpest edges? It should be the focal point.
When stuck I do another black and white sketch, this time it is of the painting....Are my values working? What do I need to accent? Bring back?
That is when I lightened the value on the mass (on the left) and made it more blue.
I think it's now time to go to this composition on a bigger scale. Everything is easier small. One tiny mark says a lot. Bigger is a whole new thing! More later.
Golden Rule: Suggest rather than command.
6 comments:
Hi Loriann, this small painting has the feeling a very big piece. Now how did you do that???
Hi Susan..I wish I knew how?????! Thanks!
beautiful work! will be back for more :D
Loriann, this is lovely. You asked for ideas, so here goes: I think I would make the background mountains a little dustier a shade of blue, something with more dark gray in it. "Lower" is the way I'd think of it. I would also try adding a light buttery creamy yellow to the very center of the lovely iridescent pink water, something to make the shine pulse there a little more. I have no idea whether these things would work, but they are moves I'd try.
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Hi Carrie,
Thanks for your input. I was thinking similarly about increasing the yellow in the water. Maybe the next one as pulsing color was my intent. Back to the studio. :-)
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