Thanks for posting the paintings w/ different steps. For me, it's been great to see how you change what you see to make it work. My mind keeps telling me to "paint what you see"; but sometimes my eyes are telling me that just isn't working.
As always I admire your purposeful strokes that pull the viewer in to blend with his eyes. You cause the viewer to participate...doesn't get much better than that!
Beautiful painting Frank, I could probably isolate any 6x8 of this and have a lovely piece, the color harmony of the forground near center is especialy great.
Thank you for sharing your process, Frank. This is an exquisite painting. There is a kind of restful sophistication in it as well as a strong element of atmosphere. A major wow factor!
I love the way you paint the skies in different layers. It makes them part of the scene and not just a plain sheet behind it. And thanks for sharing your process in such a generous way!
Those trees really pop against the background and sky in this painting... the atmosphere looks so warm/hot - very inviting when Spring has still not arrived in the North! :-)
April 11, 2009 at 9:33 AM
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I like the look of your painting, too, and Marian's photos. Looks like everyone had a fun and productive time at your workshop.
Love this painting, you can really see the distance. Sounds like you had a wonderful workshop, I've been reading Marian's blog and I wish I'd been there. I'm sure I would have learned a lot.
Wow - it's SO moody/evocative. I love the way it pulls me close to breathe in a denser grasp of its atmosphere. !!!
(Happy Easter, by the way - am remembering your Good Friday posts from last year.........what an intense place to be for Holy Week and Easter - Mexico!!!)
Thanks Solveg. Yes, Easter week is pretty marvelous around here.
Hi Don, I have a hard time believing that sky color works too. It does not show up real well in the photo. It was very hard for me to resist the temptation to modify my choice.
This is the finished painting that I started one morning of my painting workshop. You might remember that I posted a photo of the setup in a post called on the spot. I made a few adjustments to some values and added a dab or two of paint here and there when the lines were just in an awkward placement. Other than that I pretty much left things alone. I really like the look of this painting.
There are some photos of me working on this one in this blog post by Marian Fortunati. She was nice enough to post quite a bit about my workshop on her blog.
posted by Frank Gardner at 9:15 AM on Apr 10, 2009
"Finished "View of Rancho del Sol Dorado""
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Thanks for posting the paintings w/ different steps. For me, it's been great to see how you change what you see to make it work. My mind keeps telling me to "paint what you see"; but sometimes my eyes are telling me that just isn't working.
April 10, 2009 at 10:01 AM
As always I admire your purposeful strokes that pull the viewer in to blend with his eyes. You cause the viewer to participate...doesn't get much better than that!
April 10, 2009 at 1:05 PM
Beautiful painting Frank, I could probably isolate any 6x8 of this and have a lovely piece, the color harmony of the forground near center is especialy great.
April 10, 2009 at 2:55 PM
Thank you for sharing your process, Frank. This is an exquisite painting. There is a kind of restful sophistication in it as well as a strong element of atmosphere. A major wow factor!
April 10, 2009 at 3:24 PM
I love the way you paint the skies in different layers. It makes them part of the scene and not just a plain sheet behind it. And thanks for sharing your process in such a generous way!
April 11, 2009 at 1:44 AM
Those trees really pop against the background and sky in this painting... the atmosphere looks so warm/hot - very inviting when Spring has still not arrived in the North! :-)
April 11, 2009 at 9:33 AM
I like the look of your painting, too, and Marian's photos. Looks like everyone had a fun and productive time at your workshop.
Paz
April 11, 2009 at 11:17 AM
Love this painting, you can really see the distance. Sounds like you had a wonderful workshop, I've been reading Marian's blog and I wish I'd been there. I'm sure I would have learned a lot.
April 11, 2009 at 12:20 PM
I like it - it has the feel of an arid place, but you make it look good.
April 12, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Thanks everybody for your comments on this one!
April 13, 2009 at 9:08 AM
Wow - it's SO moody/evocative. I love the way it pulls me close to breathe in a denser grasp of its atmosphere.
!!!
(Happy Easter, by the way - am remembering your Good Friday posts from last year.........what an intense place to be for Holy Week and Easter - Mexico!!!)
Solveg
April 13, 2009 at 12:37 PM
Your arbitrary choice of colors for the sky in this painting intrigues me. It simply shouldn't work, but it does--spectacularly!
April 15, 2009 at 3:36 AM
Thanks Solveg. Yes, Easter week is pretty marvelous around here.
Hi Don, I have a hard time believing that sky color works too. It does not show up real well in the photo.
It was very hard for me to resist the temptation to modify my choice.
April 21, 2009 at 9:22 PM
This is fantastic. I think this is my favorite landscape of yours.
April 28, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Thanks Paula!
April 30, 2009 at 5:31 PM