The workshop I taught was this weekend and I learned a lot! I`ve always heard teachers say that and it`s true.
For today`s demonstration, I wanted to show that a failed painting can be given new life. The bottom painting was the fifth in a series I did six years ago of the wetlands landscape of Oaks Bottom in SE Portland. I never was sure about it and probably would have destroyed it but Laura Foster liked it and I trust her. There was a stark quality which didn`t seem right, but I kept it and stored it away.
So the workshop seemed a good opportunity to demonstrate how a combination of mediums and experimental techniques might revive the painting`s chances. The gamble worked and the new version is much more to my liking.
Mixed watermedia on Yupo 26"x20"
6 comments:
Molto belli i tuoi dipinti. Ci trovo una grande armonia di colori e forme e tante idee originali.
Ciao, Floriana
What a difference you've made in abstracting and adding color and lushness to the foreground, which you've also brought forward, heightening the perspective; also giving the water depth and light. You've gotten rid of the flatness of the earlier painting and charged the "new" painting with movement and life, a sense that you've invested something of yourself in the environment. Excellent studies in contrast of before and after!
I'm glad you posted the original again. Amazing difference. It was a joy to watch you work! Thanks again for a wonderful weekend workshop!
I'm wishing I'd taken photos of the inbetween stages. The result is a definite improvement as you've given the space depth and energy. It's most definitely stronger. I get a sense of movement and depth in the water that wasn't there before.
Good job; helpful workshop. Keep teaching.
I believe in that too. And wow - is this ever awesome. Beautiful work!
Wish I could have watched you transform this painting, Randall. Terrific!
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