THE QUEEN'S BOULEVARD
I am always interested in painting flowers. For a long while I painted them up close and large. But with the thirty day challenge of September, I painted only that which I saw in New Mexico. Now I am considering a series of landscapes which include flower gardens. I especially like the flower gardens in the southeastern part of the USA...South Carolina in particular.
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Blocking In
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After toning the canvas with a light red, I blocked in the setting using a palette knife and heavy chunks of color.
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| Defining |
I have been defining the painting for a bit now
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The Queen's Boulevard
Little Gem
oil on canvas mounted museum board |
and I like the strength of the colors but am be-
ginning to see a slight change in composition
will be an improvement.
I felt by adding more sky the painting would
"open up" more. Though years of study and knowing painting guidelines, intuition is a big part of creating a successful painting for me. How do I feel about it? Do I want the background trees in focus or not?
I still see areas I want to improve as I lost the angle of the flowers on the left that had been correctly placed in the above "defining" stage. Tomorrow this will be finished and will be available on dailypaintworks.com
