Here's where I start to lay in the base colors and begin painting over the whole thing.
This is also the stage where I usually become most frustrated and feel the most doubt as to whether the painting will turn out to be as worthwhile to paint as I'd hoped.
-To some degree, this happens with EVERY painting I do.
-To some degree, this happens with EVERY painting I do.
Thank goodness for artists who blog. In the last several years, I've discovered this stage of doubt and hesitancy in painting is pretty universal.
I usually get through this by working on little sections at a time and 'trying out' different things just to see what would work. It's not very obvious between the two stages below, but I tweaked the composition quite a bit. I discovered the image was really getting heavy towards the right side and used the warp transform tool in Photoshop to re-position things.
Sometimes, I get so frustrated I start grabbing big chunks of the painting and move and slap them down to try and find the right balance. Turning my frustration into action has never really failed me and usually turns out to be pretty beneficial. I can't afford to hold any one part of a painting sacred and need to be able to 'destroy it' to 'create it' the way which would work better.
As I continue to work, I discover the need to add more details here and there. Some of that is evident in the second image, but there's still more in my head I realize I need to modify or add to bring more interest to the piece.
Stay tuned for next week . . .
2 Comments:
Aww! You'd never think a graveyard could house such a cute scene.
Come to think of it, maybe that's why they're always so upset when people walk through a graveyard at night -we keep spoiling the moment!?
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