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Red Boat at Christmas Cove
(completed demo painting)
6"x6" oil on Raymar panel
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My demo in progress showing simplification of the photo and using negative space to shape the background trees
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Student landscapes from photos, where the goal was cropping, simplification, and use of negative space
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Student pears painted over previous day's value study
The second day of our workshop at River Arts, we painted over a value study of pears in yellow ochre from the previous day (see Lisa's beautiful version in the bottom photo). Then we moved on to painting from a photo, on an orange acrylic ground. The goals were to crop the photos, simplify, and use negative space to shape objects. I was impressed with the results!
I love the effect created by simplifying a photo. The paintings are far more interesting and evocative than the photos.
ReplyDeleteThis is great Bobbi!
ReplyDeleteYou are very impressive!
Your students had to be impressed!