“Snowy Ridge Trail,” 9 ½ x 15 ¾ pastel painting. Original photo reference courtesy Corey Sheehan.
January 25: Two stints in the
studio today. Work continues on refining details and adding more to the scene.
One of my problems is putting in too many layers too soon. Then it’s harder to
add details.
Today I also experimented with
using more pink. Part of me is almost wanting to start over.
The second time in the studio, I
added more to the trees and played around with even more color on the ridge and
trying to better define the shape.
Then while editing the progress photo, I wondered about cropping a bit off the lower portion.
I’ll have to look at the actual
painting and move the tape up to see if I really like the cropped version
better. It brings the mountains closer and I’m wondering if I need to
blur/soften the distant ones… except the photo isn’t blurred.
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