In September I spent two weeks in the Camden-Rockport area of Maine, painting en plein air. Because time is short, and light is constantly changing, painting a detailed subject such as this barn and apple tree can be challenging outdoors. After several pencil sketches to work out composition and tree structure, I painted this first sketch on site on two consecutive mornings.
Back in the studio, I felt the composition seemed a bit cramped. I decided to enlarge the painting to give a feeling of more space around the barn, and since I had painted it on a piece of toned linen canvas taped to a board, this was not a problem. I re-positioned the corner post of the barn to place it into the background a bit more, and refined the branch work on the tree. It grew from 11" x 13" to 12" x 16".
0 comments:
Post a Comment