Villa Cypress, 12 x 6, oil on panel, L. Daniel © 2017
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Choosing a subject... what to include, what to leave out? That is the question. This demo is about choosing between two interpretations of the same scene. The composition on the left is all about the statue as the main idea. The composition on the right is all about the tall cypress trees as the main idea. Both are valid, but I felt that they were two different paintings.
To accentuate the cypress trees in today's post, I needed to focus on their height. Therefore, it was important to show that they were taller than the Villa (which has three stories). Using a tall, skinny format helped to further "push" the idea of height. I chose to leave out the sculpture completely, so that it would't distract from the main idea.
One scene, two ideas...
2 comments:
This is fascinating and all of the work is beautiful. Love the ideas here.
So terrific for those of us doing landscape. Thank you. You are
so wonderful.
XOXOXOXOXOXO Barbara
Thank you, Barbara!!!! XOXO
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