Starting on composition. Difficult because this is an intuitive thing for me. This exercise is about using tone and colour to make different compositions zzzz Still a bit burnt out from the panoramic paintings, but recovering:))
Next stage of this involves choosing from:
- two or more horizontal lines
- something intersecting the painting
- large empty space and small details surrounding
- very large foreground object intersecting 2 sides of the painting.
I tried to start with charcoal as instructed but found I preferred to start in paint, messily as usual. Here is result #1, done intuitively Below is result #2, done later, painted over #1 to simplify it once I had got to grips more with thinking about the composition.
I have to paint fast to start with, get to know the subject and work out what I am trying to do before I can reflect and understand. I have to do it before I can think what I am doing!
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Today I had another look and overpainted another attempt very loosely, trying to get that sense of the big curve in the composition, emphasizing that. Began to get intrigued by the actual direction of the ditch and how it was affecting my viewpoint. then I started to draw in charcoal. Not sure if I am ready to start the large painting as yet. Plan to walk along that ditch so I can actually see where it goes.
Began to play fast and loose with the painting shapes and colours in order to get a composition, sort of.I was apprehensive about composition, because it is such an intuitive thing for me, but see that I can become more aware of it and that is great. I think.
Reading Brambilla about how important composition is. Also "how valuable are the uncertainties that continually force us to ask questions that keep our mind open and receptive"
"imagine you are heading down a street in a place that is totally new to you"
I took this approach today and results surprised me.
It is EXHAUSTING I have to take a break. Fortunately Open Studios is next week so I having a general review. Yesterday the ditch was full of water, and I made this sketch. Result better than #2 above, ditch more central. It takes a lot of time to look and get to know a subject.
27 June
About three weeks break here, pictures not that well received at OS, I did not have time to do any painting during that week, or since. However today resumed and very glad to do be doing so. Even if I am hopeless at it, I really enjoy the slow pace, the interaction with the subject, and the surprises
This one started out as a colour study but I got involved in the composition. For me the studies are just a way of getting acquainted with the subject. so this will become the actual painting.
I am interested in the form of the landscape and the movement. And finding the way to show that in colour. Still work to do on this one. Next one will be a new subject, out of the studio.
Still exploring this. Above is most recent version. I keep seeing it differently, understanding how my eyes are reacting. Now working on the foreground. Using oil paint for this one.
And again, building on basic: I think I like previous attempt better
Did this one (below) really quickly. Now I have established the basic shapes I can think about colour and space. It has taken 2-3 weeks to get to this stage, though I was away/busy some of that time.
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