tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14672405.post1472358052534559067..comments2023-10-30T13:27:44.690-04:00Comments on Painting My World: Choosing the Sky Color in a Landscape PaintingKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17239336384191511625noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14672405.post-51994111801443201322014-11-09T21:34:05.219-05:002014-11-09T21:34:05.219-05:00I was intrigued reading your comment about using b...I was intrigued reading your comment about using bad reference photos. I was just having a conversation about this last week with an artist friend. She recommended using the best possible photos in order to really see what was going on in the picture, especially where there were complex shapes (in my case, many dead trees sticking up out of a swamp or falling over). But I like your idea about poor photos giving permission to improvise. Hmm. Something to think about.Dr Sock https://www.blogger.com/profile/13378594360241846301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14672405.post-19880679879558247372014-11-05T20:44:52.587-05:002014-11-05T20:44:52.587-05:00This is beautiful. It's fun painting from bad ...This is beautiful. It's fun painting from bad photos, everything can change and it still comes out all right! Memory or imagination comes in.<br /><br />I got surprised at how many good pastel paintings have a pink or orange sky but they work, they look natural even if the scene looks full color - that late end of dawn or early sunset can work. After a while I got used to them. <br /><br />Took lots of cloud pictures today because the clouds got varied and fascinating, changing several times over the couple of hours I was stuck waiting. At the last I got some sunset photos and could play a lot with color on those considering the changes I saw. robertsloan2arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02598847116529877475noreply@blogger.com