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Winter Shadows

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18x24" 45x60 cm acrylic on hardboard

Another lonely road this week. I used three different brushes on this one, a smallish round one for the foreground, my more usual big flat one for the sky, and a little one for the branches. I often use just one brush for the whole painting, mostly out of sheer laziness. I had a dark band of pine trees above the bank, but decided it was too clunky, so I changed it to a grey, leafless forest, and then just eliminated it all together. What remains is more stark and lonely which I think conveys a bit more of the chill of winter. (I hate the middle ground anyways -- I just stick with the foreground and a distant background.) Other than that, my main interest was painting what I've observed; that the shadows in the snow are not the same color as the sky, though maybe if you looked straight up they'd match. Haven't done that yet.
Image size
1500x1132px 486.57 KB
Make
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model
E-PL1
Shutter Speed
1/100 second
Aperture
F/5.0
Focal Length
24 mm
ISO Speed
200
Date Taken
Dec 17, 2014, 4:12:17 PM
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Narked's avatar
Hello old friend and i hope you had a great holiday season!  LOL this since down here in South Texas snow is rarer than Black rain!  I find snowscapes inviting,  Something new to explore like your paintings, of course i haven't forgotten my Army days in Virginia, Snows only fun when you don't have to SHOVEL IT!  Ha!  ;)