I took this photo early this morning with my little Canon Elph with a ten times zoom. Had I been painting this scene on location, I would have left out the woman chatting, and the painting would have been about the telephone poles and the early morning light. It got very hazy and cloudy all of a sudden so I came back to the studio and painted this from the photo.
Note to self: One of the danger zones when painting from a photo is that you have all day to do it. That's not good for me. I have to pretend I am outside in order to keep the spontaneity and fun in it. This got a little overworked, without that fear of the light changing.
"Morning Meeting"
16 x 20
Very nicely done! I love how the telephone poles lead your eye into the painting. I also struggle sometimes with painting on location as the light can change very rapidly!
ReplyDeleteI've been reading Weymouth's book, too, and find it very inspiring and helpful. I like your painting from the photograph. You did a good job with the colors and simplifying shapes. Well done!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like it could have been done plein air...not an easy task. Beautiful painting!
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