Today I concentrated on value - making sure my copy was light enough in the light areas without getting chalky, and dark enough in the darks. These areas get developed together, because having dark enough darks make light areas lighter. So I repainted the darks of the trees, molding the fence by doing so, and repainted the fence to try to get the color closer. The original painting has a lot of very similar colors and values, that only differ slightly, maybe in temperature. As I painted, refining the color, I also refined some detail. I'm doing this gradually. I haven't put the details of the tree branches in yet, because I feel they should be put in over dry paint. I didn't repaint the sky today. I worked on the fence, the house and roof, and the ground.
Of course, my painting is much brighter than the original. I guess if I really wanted to, I could try to match the paler, more muted colors that Bingham used. But I kind of like the brighter colors. (People are always telling me that they like my colors better! 😉)
Here is the painting at the end of the morning, and again after lunch. I only worked about an hour after lunch and decided to stop early so I could catch the 3:28 train, which takes 15 minutes to walk to.
Next time, I'll repaint the sky and start to address the details of the light tree limbs and the distant trees and landscape. So I don't think I'll be too much longer on this one!
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