I think the best paintings might get painted quickly,
when you are not thinking too much and maybe are distracted a bit.
when you are not thinking too much and maybe are distracted a bit.
Plein air painting can be like that.
While painting at the Shrine of St Therese one early spring day,
this is what happened to me.
We had just arrived for our painting retreat
and some of us rushed outside to catch a couple of
hours painting time.
I didn't go very far from the lodge, a couple of steps away.
Just beside the labyrinth.
I didn't even take any progress photos.
When I got the painting home and lived with it for awhile,
I realized there was too much sky.
I realized there was too much sky.
So I cut it off.
And it works now.
Southeast Mood oil on Arches Huile paper mounted on Masonite
en plein air 8.75 x 15.5 inches
Dorland's CWM varnish
Looking back, I did a post about the retreat, here, and this painting
was in the post. But it doesn't hurt to talk about it again, I think.
Especially when I like the painting.
Hope you are hanging in there. Please take good care and give yourself
some quality time during the holidays.
Paint!
🎨
1 comment:
Something as simple as cropping - I think you made the right decision as far as artistic judgment goes,
but I do want you to know I showed it to my hubby
and he liked seeing all the sky because...are you ready for this...
more of the painting to like!
It is a beautiful painting with perfect color harmony!
Happy painting Teri!
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