This 8x10 oil on panel just really wanted to painted. It jumped off my brush so eagerly that I felt like an innocent bystander! I stopped the action long enough to snap a few photos along the way.
After toning the panel with a little Burnt Sienna, I made a quick line drawing placing the elements.
Can you see how eager the values were to get put down? They already leapt into the upper left corner!
I then brushed in the rest of the darks and lifted the lights by rubbing the panel
with paper towels and Qtips dipped in solvent.
Next I moved to developing the color. I try to remain true to the tonal pattern I've established in my value study. I began by putting in the vivid colors that made this composition particularly interesting.
Then I moved to the more subtle colors in the greenery.
And I continued to make the decisions of warm and cool, light and dark
that give the painting form, depth and temperature.
After letting the painting dry for several days I came back to it and refined the details, pushed the darks where I wanted more depth, and brought up the high lights.
Hope you like it, I had a ball painting it!
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