Too
much Green
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| First attempt. |
I
tried my first water color landscape painting and I think I bit off
more than I could chew. The original photo was one I had taken in our
garden in early Spring just when the trees were all coming out in
that fresh apple green color and a few irises were blooming. I liked
the photo and thought it gave a lovely feeling of Spring.
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| My photo |
I
started the painting by covering the whole paper with a light green
yellow wash. The tree trunks were the main element in the composition
with the bridge thrown in for added interest. To say painting it was difficult
was an understatement. The green was just overwhelming and I kept
losing the tree trunks and branches in the foliage. It never seemed
to be just right. The more I kept trying to make it correct, the more it
seemed to get worse so finally I stopped and thought next time I do a
landscape I'll keep it simple.
I can see by comparing the painting with the photo I needed to make a lot more contrast in the painting.
Squint: the best way to set values, so often we look at each element and see it in it's own right, it needs to be seen relative to the other elements - hence Squint!
ReplyDeleteJohn
Hi Shirley, I think your garden is quite lovely, especially the iris. I must admit when comes to
ReplyDeletesquinting I wouldn't be able to workout that one, squinting it seems you can see the colours
but with me it's impossible cant see a thing, another thing to practice.
I have learned on thng NOT to do that is ask the recipient of your work
if they see anything I could do to make things better! Oh boy not a good idea
for the ego.