- Artists need to consider the surface, whether to have an under painting with complementary or coordinating colors or no under painting. For pastels, I like Pastelbord so that it can be framed easily for an immediate show.
- What to paint: broad scene or zoom in on something that catches the eye
- Composition
- Shapes and value
- Perspective including aerial perspective: how to give depth to the painting.
- Light and time: 2 hours is about what you get with the sun moving and the light changing
- Color and mood
- What to leave in or out and what to move
Practice helps make these decisions without really thinking about them. You learn from the experience and repetition. Last year in Red River my mind would go blank and I would be halfway through a painting and realize I didn't have a plan ..... yikes
So a little bit of practice can't hurt and can really help. It also gave me a sketch for Scavenger Hunt 582.
http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1464051
I spent about an hour on this standing in the edge of the garage for shade. I wanted to work quickly to try get my mind or senses in gear. I'm happy you can see what I was planning.
Things to work on:
- Make larger shapes to avoid the clutter. The trees could be one shape with just some highlights for definition.
- The road is too light in value. The sky should be the lightest value with the house front close to that.
- The value should be lighter over all. When you bring a painting inside it always looks much darker (without the outdoor natural light) I do like the colors, just need lighter values.
It looks better when you step back.
The view.
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