I've been focusing on putting down the large masses or shapes, looking at values and design. Really it's probably more than my brain can think about all at once. Usually I just paint. Now I am thinking. maybe the two things don't go together?? No I know they do. I just need to get to the place where the thinking is more intuitive and not so rigid.
So what I was trying to do here was capture the awesome beautiful bright green grass. It really was this color. I think what I don't like is the design of the painting. There is a cool rusted burn barrel in the middle ground that got lost. And I know that the whitish green trees is the center are drawing your eye in and you get stuck there. I also managed to put the dark pine trees right in the middle in the background.
So what do I like about this painting? I like that sky color, and the color of the pavement. I love the bright lime green grass and I really like the stripes of green grass coming towards you. I realized that there is a very cool pattern of green grass all over the pavement that I didn't see til I was packing up.
Ok so here is the same painting cropped and the dark green pine trees taken out ( done with my editing software in iPhoto). I also softened the dark areas in the middle and under the light green trees. Now the barrel pops out a little more. Hmmm. I'll have to go back and see what I can do tomorrow. I really do like it better without the dark pines. That early in the morning everything is back lit to a certain extent and much darker.
I'll think about that ...tomorrow.
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