Success at Home

Finally, I painted something plein air at home that I like! There are so many elements to making a successful painting, and when you throw in the idea that it is a subjective type of thing, where every viewer has a different opinion, how can a painting ever be judged successful or unsuccessful? De gustibus non est disbutandem which means “it is useless to argue over matters of taste.

Still green, and new blooms in the yard.
How can I not paint this?
There must be something here that I can organize into a decent composition.
Shiny object!
Yes, I’d rather be in that little building with my pencils, but sometimes we have to parent ourselves to do the harder things with the better results in the long term.
Let’s go.
Next step.
This might work.
Yea! I like it! Comb Rocks look a little bit wrong in their shape and I had a hard time determining the darkness of the shaded side and the lightness of the sunlit side. But I think this one is a painting to be proud of in my developing plein air style.

Success!

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4 Comments

  1. I like it too. The chairs make the picture!!

    • Thanks, Gina! I love those red, white and blue chairs and thought about calling the piece “Patriotic Yard”.

  2. I definitely agree, Jana!

    • Thank you, Louise! Wait until you see the next one. (Not planning to post it just yet).

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