One of the valuable things about starting a new painting is the preparation before for it, and many painters
particularly American Plein Air ones , do Notan studies before deciding whether the tonal mass values of
the view are worthwhile to explore as a painting .So I did a few Notan studies with Promarker pens and then
did some graphite work on the top. Also the idea is very useful in making quick studies of Old master paintings
to see how the values and flow of the painting work. The second sketchbook image is a quickie of the
French Barbizon painter Theodore Rousseau , who did some beautiful studies in the Forest at Fontainbleau.
particularly American Plein Air ones , do Notan studies before deciding whether the tonal mass values of
the view are worthwhile to explore as a painting .So I did a few Notan studies with Promarker pens and then
did some graphite work on the top. Also the idea is very useful in making quick studies of Old master paintings
to see how the values and flow of the painting work. The second sketchbook image is a quickie of the
French Barbizon painter Theodore Rousseau , who did some beautiful studies in the Forest at Fontainbleau.
The next image is Stage Two of the first indoor painting with the strong side balance of the claret coloured willows
on the left hand side, this threw up some interesting balancing issues in terms of colour and areas of attention,but it was worthwhile now in reviewing this as to the pull and push of the different elements in a composition.
on the left hand side, this threw up some interesting balancing issues in terms of colour and areas of attention,but it was worthwhile now in reviewing this as to the pull and push of the different elements in a composition.
The view of the image on the right, is of a dense grouping of willows but with this undulating grass and moorland
covering in the front what I found was working in wet on wet in the foreground area the painted skidded into troughs
of colour which I wanted to get the surface feel before applying the next layer a few days later with Stand oil.
So quite chuffed, as they say at a slight discovery of a surface texture..more to follow...
covering in the front what I found was working in wet on wet in the foreground area the painted skidded into troughs
of colour which I wanted to get the surface feel before applying the next layer a few days later with Stand oil.
So quite chuffed, as they say at a slight discovery of a surface texture..more to follow...