Thursday, October 16, 2014

A Rainy Day Painting..


Cold Creek Falls    11" x 14"    O/P

This painting is a "Rainy Day Painting" that was painted in the studio using photo reference.

For this particular painting , I changed the rules a bit when it came to using the photo reference. Once I had the composition established on my panel using an edited version of the reference, I laid the photo face down and and promised myself that I would paint as long as I could without it. 
Basically, it was a "memory work piece".
I did have to revert to the photo a few times near the finish. Some of the details were missing that I felt would help the painting if I included them. 

I think that it was a helpful exercise and it certainly did put a rainy day to good use..

'til next.. 

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