Since the July challenge ended I have reworked several of the one-day paintings. I also played with some handmade pastels, but that’s another blog… Anyway, a major lesson for me confirms what I suspected: while I am capable of creating a complete and decent painting in a single day, my work benefits from thoughtful scrutiny which usually results in rework, ranging from major to minor. Here are the 4 paintings I reworked – “befores”, then “afters”.
Barn in the Valley
There is quite a difference in photo exposure, but the new (after, right) photo is also more accurate. Changes were made mainly to the bare tree behind the barn.
Round Barn and Shed in Autumn
Clarified shadows, redid sky color and texture, other minor changes. The color is a bit off in both, but more in the “before” which was taken in artificial yellow light.
Almost Home
Softened and corrected shadows, added highlights.
Farm in the Valley
On this painting, I deepened and corrected shadows, made the sky less uniform, pushed the background by cooling the colors, added warmer tones to the foreground.
I am pretty happy with all 4 of these now. What do you think?
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