CREATING AN INTERESTING PAINTING......The creative process of an artist.

First Rendition of a painting

Second Rendition
Notice I took out the tree on the left and added the wild flowers, I am definitely liking it better.

 I thought I would walk you through the thought process of creating a painting.

I began with the creative feel of bright blues and oranges, a lake and the feeling of fall.

Two trees with blue trunks, stood guard over a lake. But soon the image became monotonous. Though I liked the colors the trees felt to repetitive and not spontaneous.

In the second rendition I took out the tree on the left and added some big spontaneous wildflowers, and lightened up the hills in the background.  The lake was feeling more like a river, but it still felt contrived and over worked for my liking.   I was stuck.....all though there were many LIKES from my facebook audience....... I was troubled by the whole piece.

Final rendition
RIVER BANK
30" X 30"

I slept on it.... waking up in the middle of the night with the answer.   If it was going to be a river, It would be a Western River the "Colorado.  No gently rolling hills but rugged Mesas that were spontaneously worked into the painting with a pallet knife.  I keep a hint of the under painting so some of the green and orange showed through.  I took out the last remaining tree and added a fifth wildflower.  Odd number objects always make a better composition.  I added more prominent red grasses. The lower boarder I change to a purple instead of the red.

Now the painting feels more spontaneous, although it didn't happen spontaneous.  It has a much better composition and the color pallet is vivid and exciting.   I like it!!!!!  It will become one of my new paintings in my 2014 Floral Collection.

Three full days of work......... and I am satisfied.