Wednesday 10 January 2018

One painting turns into another

Winter landscape, watercolour

When I started this picture, I wanted to make the cloudy sky the main focus of the composition, but as the painting developed, I felt there was something lacking. I therefore decided to add the trees to the right, which gave me the opportunity to paint a foreground shadow. I feel the painting has a satisfying balance now, but of course is no longer about the sky.

Sometimes we have to listen to what the painting is telling us and react to what is happening on the paper. And of course there is always another day to paint a moody sky.

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