'Summer Field in Maine' 5x7 pastelIf you are trying to rely less on your reference photos here is a fun exercise to try. Take your photo and allow yourself to study it for 20 seconds. Now put the photo away and paint your painting. You will be painting from your impression rather than trying to copy all of the details. You would be surprised at how much information you get in 20 seconds. Here is my painting from the 20 second photo study. I am definitely going to try to do this more often.
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I like your painting Karen...
I'm doing this exercise to my students and it's really very effective!!
FABULOUS idea... well worth trying. David Gallup says that we all should be painting the inspiration of the thing not painting the thing...
And your exercise would help us do that I think.... It certainly worked well for you... But then your are always lovely.
Thanks Mariela. I am going to do it with my students too. I think it will be very helpful!
Thanks Marian. I like what David Gallup says. Great advice!
What a great exercise and what a fun painting. It is very lively.
Gorgeous! Love how you've rendered the important areas and left the others without detail for the eye to complete.
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