Sunday, May 10, 2015

The paint has dried! As it is Mother's Day in Australia, I wish any followers of my blog, who are mothers, a very happy day.
I worked for a little while on the leaves at the bottom left corner, adding a few glimpses of sunlight on the leaves.  The area is obviously not finished, as there will need some little details added and a 'tightening up' of the edges which I need to be 'crisp'.  I like to balance 'fuzzy' edges with 'crisp' edges to make it feel more natural.  Some of the white areas of the background will have muted patches of the colour of the flowers added a little later, once I have mixed, and decided on, which colour of paint to use for the flowers.  I find that, if I start to paint in the flowers too soon, the colours can get a little muddy, which detracts from the bright sunlit effect on the flowers that I am trying to create.
You might notice that the larger areas of leaves are  at the bottom of the composition. I decided on this because it gives the composition 'gravity' and makes it more comfortable to look at because the viewer feels more 'grounded'. The suggested triangle in the composition is also beginning to become evident.

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