But what is the first thing I paint when I go to this neighborhood? Stately houses?... no. A quaint scene on main street?...no.
I paint a red trailer.
I really enjoyed this one. I found a nice surprise also. Having a strong center of interest kept my interest in painting it. I should keep that in mind the next time I struggle or loose patience with a scene. Having that strong center of interest also made me slow down and think about the space around the trailer. I tried to keep that space from competing with the center of attention. One example of that is the decision I made to not paint in the wires strung from the power poles. An artist's prerogative. If I were to do this as a larger painting I might include them but here, I decided they took too much attention from the star of the show.
2 comments:
Wow Peter,
This is really a winner, although I don't know about the tweaking in the studio. There comes a point that you can't call it a "plein air" anymore, ...hehehe. An other thing, the center of interest doesn't have to be in the center of the painting, .. I think it's even better when it's inside the one of the Golden rectangle But then again, a winner Peter is great fun to see you going plein air, and going fast with it also.
What is it about this piece that calls Jennifer McChristian to mind? I really LIKE the idea of painting something which seems mundane and making something special out of it! You sure did that here, Peter!
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