The jpeg in today's post illustrates the few little details that I have added to the plein air sketch "Shoreline Sojourn". Very little more needed to be said except that I felt rushed because of the cold in the last minutes of the foray and I just "roughed in" the colour masses and values for the white cedar copse in the left foreground of the painting.
Back in the studio yesterday, I adjusted the greens from the deep darks within the copse... to the reddy-greens which caught higher light because they were located on the exterior of the mass. Cedars change their green to almost an ochrish-sienna hue at winter's end. It is a warm value and always provides an instrument to lift the tone and mood away from and provide complementary colour for the cold of the blue shadows. A few areas showing dark or lit bushes, trunks and branches in the upward masses can be seen to be broken by the (mostly) hidden trunks within the copse. These details add volume and just enough interest in the foreground to pique the eye's attention momentarily.
The painting is signed... the final act in the process before it can be framed and put on the wall.On to the next adventure!
Good Painting to All!
Bruce
Ahhh so much better...way to push and pull the darks and lights....love the depth in this now
ReplyDeleteThanks Julie!.... "I" felt just as "You" did-much more depth and resolution from fore to background. It pays to revisit... away from the original stimulus.
ReplyDeleteGood painting and warm regards,
Bruce
You really finished this off nice Bruce. Makes the snow even look warm and inviting.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment on my blog. At 35 degrees the coffee and I got chilled soon after starting. March is just too early for such sheanigans.
Paint on.
nice one bruce
ReplyDeletelooks fresh and inviting
you got a good handle on the snow
plenty of practice i suppose
Hi Gary!... March at 35C and coffee sound very inviting to this outdoor painter!Add to that the sweet smell of maple syrup boiling off in an old sugar shanty... and you have the taste of Spring that "I" long for!T'is the season!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliments and for dropping by! Love your site with photos. Hope to visit that area some day! Its Beeee-autifull by the look of your photos!
Good painting and continued fast healing!
Warm regards!
Bruce
Hi Rob!.... Thanks for dropping by and for you nice compliment on the snow! You are certainly right about my love of painting snow. "I" never tire of its presence...or in painting its always changing nuances of shape and colour.
ReplyDelete"You" surely did your own fair share this winter as... and VERY admirably done as well... "I" might add!
Spring brings new life ... and challenges to all of us us who love to get "out there"!
Good Painting my Friend!
Regards,
Bruce
Bruce,
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful work, love your handling of the light especially of the snow...hard to pull off sometimes. Well done!
Hi Jean!... Thank you for your return visit... and for your kind compliments!Your handling of light thru' glazing on your plums and the highlights on your cherries is quite awesome in their own respect! It's all about light and shadow... isn't it Jean???
ReplyDeleteGood painting and warm regards,
Bruce
HI Bruce, I am so sorry for not visiting in such a long time. I love the temperature change in this painting, from the trees to the blues and purples along the snow. I also really like the blue sky that peeks out of the clouds. Bravo with this painting! I also love the strokes! Take care and stay warm!
ReplyDeleteHey Jonathan!.... No need to apologize for anything my Friend! Judging by the production of new still life pieces you have posted... "You" have been busier than a one-armed paper hanger... and Hey! Isn't that what being an artist is about?Commitment and productivity is the name of the game... and my hat's off to "You" my Friend! Bravo!
ReplyDeleteGlad to have "You" visit... whenever you have the time!
Good Painting and wram regards,
Bruce
I love your paintings! They are so colorful and alive!
ReplyDeleteHi Sharon!...Thank "You" for your kind comments and for dropping by!My paintings are NO more alive and beautiful than your sensitive portrait work!Loved your blog!
ReplyDeleteGood Painting!
Regards,
Bruce
really gorgeous painting. So much color in a subtle manner.
ReplyDeleteHi Susan!... Thank you for your gracious and encouraging comments.One can find both subtle and warm passages in winterscapes... if "You" seek them out... feel them... then interpret them in your own way! "I" think that this is honestly what one's art must work towards... something felt... from the heart!
ReplyDeleteGood painting!
Regards,
Bruce