I chose another Colorado scene for today's challenge study. This is a spot on a walking path fairly close to home. Last summer, the girls (daughter and daughter in laws) went on a weekly walk together mid-pandemic. It was a wonderful chance to spend time together, masked and outdoors, after not having seen anyone for months. Along one area, the vista opened up to the south with a view through the trees of fields . I loved this spot and often stopped and took a photo.
I started off with a value sketch. Which I promptly ignored as I started painting.
At 20 minutes into the painting, everything was looking somewhat flat and "not right". So I revisited the value sketch and painted for another 10 minutes, resulting in the painting at the top. Much better!
Here's a look at the finished study along with the photo reference I painted from. I do see a few things that I could improve upon, but I'm pretty happy with this one and think I'll try to paint a larger version in the future.
Lessons learned today: 1 - trust your value sketch and stick to it! 2 - premixing paint really speeds things up! (I did some but not enough today and it slowed me down) 3 - Forget the clock and just have fun! Be surprised when the timer goes off!
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