So after kicking myself in the arse on Sunday morning, I began another landscape in the afternoon. It's a big canvas and I used acrylics to do my drawing of a pathway here in our neighborhood which is actually a preserved area for wildlife, birds and vernal pools in the winter. There is a bridge over a small creek which I will place in the painting later.
I also worked on a few paintings that have been hanging around and needed some detail. Here is one I began a couple of weeks ago of grapes.
I'm trying out a new technique which is called fracturing by an artist I follow on her blog. She begins her painting as always, then gently removes paint in slashing motions with a kind of squeegee tool. Here is my attempt after drawing the grapes in and then using the tool. What a mess!
Here are the grapes again after going in with more dark values, fracturing and explaining the grapes a little more, and placing some lighter value into the surrounding leaves.
Ok, so I've got some work to do. It's a rainy afternoon, I've got my windows open though to keep cool in this tropical storm...perfect for painting.
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