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Thursday, May 7, 2020

Growing Wild - Fix-It Friday #10

Growing Wild, 6 x 8, oil on panel, L. Daniel © 2020
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Friends, thank you for being there for me to reach out to! These have been strange times, and my weekly "fix" has become a stabilizing force for me. Assignments I give myself, like sharing this weekly makeover, provide new rhythms in the sea of days/weeks/months. Meanwhile, I continue to work on larger works for a later reveal. It's funny how important the patterns of life are, don't you think?

Today's do-over...

 BEFORE

AFTER

CHANGES:
Problem 1 - The distant plane (background) was not receding properly. 
Fix 1 - Muted the distant tree line and added cooler highlights.
Fix 2 - Muted and darkened the distant grasses which eliminated contrast and tightened values.
Fix 3 - Added richer greens in the foreground leaves and grasses. 
Fixes 1-2 make the distant plane recede. Fix 3 brings the front plane forward.

Problem 2 - The foreground and background seemed detached from each other.
Fix 1 - Added tree in middle ground layer to connect the foreground and background.
Fix 2 - Also added the tree to provide an important scale reference for both the distant trees AND the foreground flowers. 

OBSERVATIONS:
Constantly comparing elements in a painting is so important for creating a sense of depth. Issues of temperature (cool recedes, warm advances) and scale (closer-bigger, farther-smaller) make all the difference. Accurate and consistent comparisons allow everything to settle down and make sense. 

2 comments:

  1. I love the changes you made. What a difference! Be well!

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  2. Thank you so much Penny!!! Love that you are following along! You be well too!

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