It has been a while since I posted a few images of a painting in process and thought this would be a candidate. The scene is located in Eaton Canyon. Usually I look for a view with an entry, such as a river or path. Today I just went for the light on the distant mountains and hope that will pull the viewer into the painting.
To help keep the values nailed down, I painted a loose wash in all the local colors, on the blank canvas.
My goal is to cover the entire canvas thinly with paint.
I was ignoring our hungry cat and she reached up from the floor and gently placed her paw in this pile of Viridian paint. Lesson learned: don't ignore the cat, unless you have lots of time to clean a paint covered paw.
At this point I have each element covered in paint. Now I start again, working from dark to light. I did paint the sky in before the tree so that I could work the leaves into the wet paint of the sky.
12" X 16" Oil on Canvas
Amazing. You are so generous to share. Love following your awesome work (play)!
ReplyDeleteThanks Debbi, I am glad to hear that you don't mind me talking about my process. I know I enjoy reading other artists descriptions of their work and find it interesting. And you are so right throwing in the word "play". We are so lucky!
ReplyDeleteI too, love hearing about your process.
ReplyDeleteEspecially since I always admire your work so much, it's nice to get a bit of a glimpse into how you achieve such wonderful results.
Praising for such beautiful painting could be normal thing because I think these painting really connected with heart which gives peace to me. I love your canvas paintings. These are awesome.... Great Job with miracle imagination.. :)
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