Drastic Do-over in the Painting Workshop
A friend of mine sells agriculture real estate. When I used to waste time on LinkedIn*, occasionally I’d see a photo of his and ask to paint from it. That’s where I got this painting, Springville Ranch.
Apparently, no one else shared my interest in this subject or my happiness with the colors.
Bye-bye, Springville Ranch.
This got worked on flat on a table because the easels were all occupied with other wet paintings. Large ones.
This painting session was to cover the old paint and get the shapes mostly drawn in. When this layer dries, I’ll mix more accurate colors and DRAW WITH MY PAINTBRUSH (because that’s how I like to paint, you ArtSnobs, so there.)
The painting will go to Kaweah Arts, where Nancy steadily sells my paintings that pertain to Three Rivers and Sequoia.
*A few years ago, I quit LinkedIn, Instagram, and Pinterest. I read a few blogs and am getting to know people from all over the country that way, and have even had a few sales from it, which is more than I can say for those social media sites. Much more enjoyable, and less time wasted. I tried and quit Facebook in a three-week time span in 2012.
The original painting is so gorgeous! But the new one looks like it’ll be gorgeous too. Are there art snobs telling you not to draw with your brush? Because the way you do things looks amazing to me!
Michelle, I hear over and over inside my head (from podcasts, videos, instructors, and other painters) to not “draw” with my paintbrush. I wonder if I will ever understand. . . thank you for validating my style. It means a lot coming from another artist.
As always, the transformation is FASCINATING!
Elisabeth, heh-heh, just wait until you see the finished product!