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2-Simplify the Subject
My landscapes are my impressions of a place, not a copy of it. I do not want to paint every leaf and every blade of grass. I am more concerned with the emotion of a place than into the realism. I allow myself to move a tree, create a path. The observation is a starting point, and you have to play on interesting elements of the design to tell a story. From the moment when my values are defined, I use a flat brush (size 10) that I soaked in a solution of 91% Isopropanol (which dries faster and alters the paper less) to establish large shapes of the composition. I always use old brushes, because the sandpaper tends to damage them.
My landscapes are my impressions of a place, not a copy of it. I do not want to paint every leaf and every blade of grass. I am more concerned with the emotion of a place than into the realism. I allow myself to move a tree, create a path. The observation is a starting point, and you have to play on interesting elements of the design to tell a story. From the moment when my values are defined, I use a flat brush (size 10) that I soaked in a solution of 91% Isopropanol (which dries faster and alters the paper less) to establish large shapes of the composition. I always use old brushes, because the sandpaper tends to damage them.
See step 3 tomorrow...
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