Today I took two possibilities for paintings to work on during my studio class. The one I thought I would choose to spend time with is a view of a country store in Vermont. That store is one my sister-in-law E has painted with great success, and I confess that fact intimidates me a bit. Okay, maybe a lot. So, instead of starting with the same view she used (we both took photographs from similar vantage points on the same day), I chose to make a preliminary sketch of the store from a very different angle. The sketch was ready to be worked on today if I chose.
However, as I was talking with Sharon, I realized that I didn't feel quite finished with the autumn woods. In the beginning, I had worked on two paintings of that scene at the same time. As time progressed, all my attention and work went to the one with what I considered the better wash of autumn leaf color. That one is virtually finished now, but E raised a question that has niggled at me ever since. Both my eye and my hand reached for it today during class so that is what I spent my time doing.
No pictures were taken yet, but I did spend some time this early evening looking at both paintings. I will continue with the second one and have some ideas how to go about that. Will it be better than the first? Possibly, but I really don't know.
I'll have to wait and see.
I've seen them and love them both! Have fun tweeking it and good luck with the Country Store whenever you get to it.
ReplyDeleteI can't think of what you are referring to. I don't remember doing a country store, although I did many other Vermont scenes. Am I losing it?
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