A fellow painting blogger mentioned her drawer of shame for paintings that failed to meet expectations. I felt that the title was harsh but then thought she could mean: ‘shame, a few bits let it down – I’ll have another go later’ drawer . This latter title describes a pile of paintings that I have. They just need tweaking to get to the conclusion I would be more comfortable with.
A version of the painting above – of a summery Ainsdale woods, the same place I did a mini series of paintings recently – was on that pile. I liked the contrast of lights and shade in the first version, but too much of it was variations of green. So the other day I picked it up and had another go. This time I accentuated the colours: greens, blues and purples in the shadows and a real hit of red on the path. Just taking the scene and pushing it a little further.
There may be a little more to be done. I have, so far, resisted putting texture on the path as there is loads of texture and busyness everywhere else and I am wondering whether to further darken the shaded areas at the sides, but am wary about losing the gentle purples and blues. So this may be the finished version.
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Drawer of shame. That’s interesting.
This piece makes me want to put on sunglasses. 😎
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Thanks Vic
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I have many piles of shame! Nah, not shame, just stuff I will paint over someday, or at least alter. actually, those are the ones I usually like the most later!
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I’m with you Tiffany, I either turn it over and use it for practice or if it’s acrylic, gesso it over and go again. Though many times I keep it to work out how I can make it work as I did here.
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