by Carol McIntyre on 9/8/2009 10:24:07 AM
Establishing the foreground.
"The trees are leaning!" says my husband as he walks into my studio. Bummer. Don't you hate when that happens? Yet, I am grateful that he noticed and that I still have time to make the correction. I did not want to apply any more paint to those trees in the middle on the right, but I needed them to be straighter and not leaning.
I have been toning down the colors in the first hills of the mountains. This is not an area where I want to draw much attention though I want you to sense the steepness. If you look at the reference photo, you can see how I am down playing it. Thin layers of paint have been applied to soften edges and the colors. Meanwhile, I have been finishing the wildflowers and creating some texture in the road in the foreground. I am wanting you to feel the contrast between the foreground and the eternal background.
The deep 'V' in the lower right quadrant of the painting is becoming too distracting. I want to keep it because I love the drama of it and I had fun creating that area of the painting but it is not the focus of the painting. I am not sure how I will solve the problem. How can I have my cake and eat it too? What would you do? How would you change the composition?
...to be continued.
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