I’ve been documenting the progress that has been made over the past two weeks on a large canvas on which I’ve been been working. It’s been a roller coaster of emotion for me as I’ve been working on the 54″ high by 84″ wide painting. Sometimes I am completely satisfied, thrilled with what is unfurling before me, and at other times I am worried that it may not pop in the way I envisioned in earlier stages. At the moment, I am closer to happy as the piece has started to come into full sight.
After beginning to bring more light to the sky, I have started adding color to the lake that dominates the center of this piece. As I do so, I can better see tweaks that need to be made in some of the colors of the landscape around it. Nothing big but small adjustments that bring it closer to completion.
After coming to the still dark blue color as shown above, I decided that I wanted the color to be more dominant and added a light teal that really emboldened the whole composition. I have to better photograph this so there is a bit of glare on the image below. I also noticed that the sun is showing a bit harsher here, less warm than it actually is. But this gives you an idea of what is there at the moment.
This painting pretty much dominates everything in the studio at the moment. It’s big in size and visual impact and my eyes immediately fix on it. There is still a ways to go but it’s coming closer to being the internal landscape that I envision.
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