Remember this messy beginning?
After finishing the new little paintings to sell in local galleries and gift shops, I returned to this 16×20” painting, which felt like a mural after those 6×6” canvases.
There was another painting session between the photo above and the next one. I didn’t take any photos because sometimes I just forget. Other times I say to myself, “Self”, I say, “No one cares”.
Sky first (because I paint back to front). These are colors I haven’t mixed before.
The improvements might be hard to locate, but not so hard if you remember that method of painting back to front. It means I paint the things farthest away first, and keep moving closer, rather than jumping around all over the canvas.
Holy guacamole, there are so many rocks in the lower left quadrant.
Nope, not going to paint all the rocks that show in the photo. I widened the river too, because I am the boss of the painting and the photo is not the boss of me.
Now it needs the edges painted, and a signature, but before either of those, I will mull this over for awhile. So often I think a painting or drawing is finished until I view it on my computer screen.
Weird, but not uncommon.
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I love watching your painting unfold! It’s so gorgeous! I can understand how viewing it on the computer gives your “fresh eyes” after looking at it in person for a long time. Ahhhh, it’s so beautiful!
Michelle, thank you for yor kind words. You understand that viewing it onscreen gives me “fresh eyes”; I think it is similar to not noticing how messy my house is until someone stops by!
Wow, Jana! This is really beautiful!
Thank you, Nikki! Nice to hear from you. I am pretty happy with it (for now. . .)
I love your sky!
Thank you, Gnat! I was happy to have my inferior phone camera in my pocket the morning this happened. (Sometimes it is worth it to get up at 0-dark-30.)
I cannot get enough of the posts where you show the progression of a painting. It’s gorgeous.
Thank you for saying that, Elisabeth. I often wonder if I am boring my tens of readers to tears.
I enjoy watching your paintings come to life.
Thank you, Nancy! I’m glad it isn’t too boring. . . you know, that cliché about watching paint dry. . . I like watching them come to life too, especially after how awful they look at the beginning!