Yellow Barns

This painting was done as a demonstration painting for a local art group. It is going to be auctioned for a college scholarship fund. This is the first demonstration painting that I have done in front of a large group of people. I was nervous about my outcome given such a limited time to create the piece. I think when you have to talk about your work it makes you think more about what you are doing and why you are doiing it. The composition has a stream to lead your eye back into the picture plane. ( We have discussed this in previous blogs.) It leads you to the yellow barn. The color helps emphasize my focal point- the barns. The use of color also balances the right side against the left side where I painted a tree in the foreground. I hope that as you paint you might look at your treatment of the foreground, the middle ground and the background. Think about how light (aerial perspective) might effect the hues and values of the things in each area.

Stay focused. Have a great weekend.