Unfinished Painting---Two Completely
Awful Landscapes!
These two paintings are almost
completely unusable. The landscape with
mountains and a cabin is part of a demonstration for a beginner's landscape
painting class that I taught. While it
was O.K. for a demo, it has nothing in it that is special, sparks an emotion,
or is interesting at all. Now, I could
scrap this with no regrets, or I could try to salvage it by reworking the
composition, the color, and the mood.
What do you think I should do?
The deer in the woods painting
has a bit more going for it. Keep in
mind that it has only been based in, and no detail or rework on the deer has
been done. The abstract qualities of the
trees are workable. The color palette is
a challenge. What do you do with a
winter scene if it is, in reality, brown and white? You take artistic license and look for color
in the shadows and light! This is where
working from a photo is a definite disadvantage. I took this photo in Wyoming 18 years ago. Not only was the camera quality a problem, the
photo itself tends to flatten, to sap color from the landscape. If I decide to finish this painting, several
things will have to be worked on. Adding
a more painterly, less detailed finish would be an option. Adding blue or purple in the shadows, warming
up the sunlight is another. It would
definitely be a challenge.
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