What I Saw - What I Made

My view at Rennes le Chateau - what I saw

-what I made

Here I am happily working on the above painting.  

My points of interest were the bright green field, the big trees at the 

edge of the cliff and the winding road in the distance.

Making Choices - Selecting and Eliminating

 To Simplify Your Paintings!

We all had our cameras clicking with so many wonderful things 

to see and paint. Now that you are back home it is time to get 

out your photos and paint. The first step is to decide what it is that 

you find most interesting - why did you take that photo?

Is it the flowers? The bridge? 

The landscape between the bridge supports?

They are all magnificent and worth painting, but the secret 

is to choose just oneto focus on.   

When the focus is on the trees and layers through 

the bridge your sketch might look like this:

When the focus is the flowers your painting 

might look like this:

Now it is your turn - happy painting!