Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Northern Michigan

Northern Michigan, oil on gessobord, 6x8 inches

With the 30 day challenge over, I gave myself one day off to rest 
(!!).  When I resumed Sunday morning, I literally asked myself what I wanted to paint and the answer was "more Michigan". Even though I normally like the cold, I do believe each of these lake paintings is giving me more sanity to handle the cold, and handle my extremely cold studio (have I mentioned my cold studio :-))
I am learning more about painting light. When I returned to painting back in April/May, I worked on technique and color, which was more difficult for me than I remembered. The muscles were hibernating.   Now, I am trying to continue improving in these areas and expand my ability and focus on light.  Light has such an enormous impact on the viewer. It will always strike a cord or set a mood whether you are viewing work close up or from across the room.

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