Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Pennsylvania Landscape



8" x 16" Oil over Acrylic on wood panel



This is my entry for Karin Jurick's Different Strokes From Different Folks Blog Challenge Weeks 35 & 36 working from a black and white photo. We were encouraged to choose our own colors and to be creative! I'm afraid I fell into what Karin calls "the boring trap" using mostly traditional colors for this landscape. It didn't start out that way! First I chose a high chroma palette with the idea of getting into the pure joy of color! Maybe I would have blue and purple grass, or possibly red and orange and so off I skipped into Creative Color Land. In no time at all I was lost...and looking for the comfortable light green, dark green, etc. I don't do many landscapes and the ones I paint usually have a palm tree somewhere! Realizing it's color and value that energize a painting's function and that I was in the deep woods, green grass was looking better all the time! With my style being "Romantic Realism" the path seemed a natural way to enter the painting (remember I'm coming out of the deep woods)! Also a little lake beyond the barns? Why not! This was fun...an adventure! Thanks Karin!

8 comments:

  1. Such a nice entry, traditional colors and all. The path into the painting is a great addition.

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  2. Rosemary, I love your take on this. I didn't try it but I like you would probably stick with green grass, lol. Can I ask what size this is? I didn't see it or missed it.

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  3. Thanks Ann! I felt like I totally missed the point of the challenge with this one. Glad you liked the path! Thanks for visiting!

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  4. Thank you Barb. I know you have been busy with Dave's workshop! Congrats on that! What a great job you did with that bearded man! This painting is 8" x 16". Thanks for stopping by and leaving a nice comment!

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  5. Yes, that road leading in really stopped me to take a closer look.
    Good job.

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  6. Thanks! So glad you stopped by!

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  7. Your rendition is great . Thanks for coming by my blog.

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  8. Thanks Dominique! I really enjoy your blog!

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