Colour sketch |
Sketching out the lines for the painting on A3
Pencil sketch |
Initial washes blocking out the main areas
Initial Washes |
Completed painting
Completed painting |
I quite enjoyed the process of painting a figure in the landscape, though it does feel as though different techniques are needed for the landscape and figure. I am not sure if this painting is finished, my perpetual problem I guess! I think perhaps more detail could have been included but if I am honest I had issues with composition. The figure is not positioned correctly on the path, meaning a dead space was created between the figure and the bridge which shouldn't have been there. I am reasonably happy with my painted figure, but less happy with the landscape it sits in, perhaps I was distracted by the need to include a figure. I so wonder if the figure gives the scene context, as she is walking downhill off a step in the path, so hopefully thus gives the impression of the land falling away
And finally a tonal version when I relaxed with my watercolours later on, including the figure did not seem appropriate with this painting.
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