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| White on White final, 12x16 oil on canvas panel |
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| White on White original, 2010 |
This painting was originally done with a white on white theme. I purposely went for everything tending towards white which means lighter than normal. Kevin had critiqued it saying that the whites were too much the same white and that I needed to add more color to them. Just enough to give them a yellowish or pinkish or whatever-ish tint. Along with doing that, I also strengthened the contrast as I would in a normal light and shadow painting.
I started with darkening the alley road. I decided to add the darker band in the road to draw the eye back in to the painting; leading the eye to the slanted roof line and back to the house; next came color added to all the south facing walls, getting lighter from left to right; the shadows were then given a base color with some reflected light thrown in where needed including clarifying the shadow on the trailer (I am noticing that the shadow of the telephone pole reads a bit warm in this photo so I may need to fix that); weeds were given more color and definition to finish it off. This touch up went really fast, but I think it is much enhanced.
4 comments:
Seeing these 2 versions brought to mind those Rice Krispies elves in a bowl singing "Snap, Crackle, Pop." The highlights (for lack of a better word) you added gave this scene so much more dimension.
Yeah, the touched up version is much improved.
I fixed the cast shadow from the telephone pole and that helped.
I agree that the contrasts bring more definition and focus on the whites. I would like to sit here and watch the shadows change through the day. Thanks for sharing.
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