Showing posts with label Notes to self. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Notes to self. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Notes to self


Photo from my notebook. I find that keeping notes helps me remember and keeps me focused. One of the little tricks that I need in order to deal with the MS.
  1. If you can't paint a line fine enough to be in proportion to the rest of the painting, leave it out, or paint a broader line in more indistinct detail to represent a group of lines. For example, the branches of a tree should either be individual lines in proper proportion to the trunk or else just a "smudge" to indicate the presence many branches.
  2. Use color not detail
  3. Put the brush down. Don't go looking for other places to put the left-over paint.

Waiting

Waiting Oil on Canvas, 16x20 This painting is a view of Jax Beach at mid-day.  The tide is low and the long, flat beach is being washed gent...