October 21, 2023

Day Three, "Palmer River", by Edward Mitchell Bannister

I am so sorry, I've been so busy that I never posted about Day Two, and now Day Three has come and gone, so I'm just going to skip Day Two and go right to Day Three! Day Two actually was very productive, and at the end of the day I thought I could just say I was done. But when I got home, I realized that I just didn't want to stop working on this painting. I thought my rendition of the clouds was too dark and I wanted to develop the hill on the left a little more, and work some more on the trees in the background. Here is how the painting looked at the end of Day Two:


So, I went back into it this past Thursday, Day Three. I totally repainted the clouds, trying to brighten them up. I also repainted the trees, introducing more darks and reds, because they looked too blue. And I did a little bit to the hillside. I didn't touch the water at all, and probably won't, but I will revisit this once more on my next copying day. Here is how it looks now, after Day Three:


I'm glad I didn't stop after Day Two. I still want to work on the hillside a bit more, and maybe the clouds again? Not sure. What do you think? Please comment below. (If you're unable to comment here, please let me know - I think I've adjusted the settings so you can comment without having a Blogger account.)

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