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| 8 x 10 pastel on pale olive green LaCarte |
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Painting from a plein air field study
The other day I painted out in the field, but wasn't happy with what I did. I'm painting plants I am unfamiliar with, and experimenting with the pastels how to paint a "whispy" tree. So today I did a new painting, using the other painting and my photo displayed on my laptop for reference. Teachers have said this is a good thing to do - to paint from your sketches or field studies. It really frees you up to experiment - I changed the format from portrait to landscape, I moved trees, rocks and the path. I got the wispy tree better this time. I think this painting is a little bit better, but I still see things here I could improve on. I can see the benefit of this type of work. I should do this more often.
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3 comments:
Good job! Experimenting is always a good choice.
Beautiful work!
Oh, Carolyn, I like this little tree - it looks very alive! :) I feel an air among it branches :))) This tree like a character from fairy-tale! :)
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