03-22-2011, 06:49 PM
Well, spent alot of hours lately practicing painting single trees and groups of trees in the distance. I've been studying paintings of trees done in various techniques, read some about different techniques, then attempted the various techniques. biL told me that while it is fine to copy other's work just for practice, that I needed to develop my own style. So after all the little bits and pieces I've been doing, I decided to paint a long stretch, to see if I am making progress. This is a piece of masonite about 30" wide and painted my "horizon blue". I think it is good enough to move on to the backdrop trees now.
The 58" layout height is certainly a help. The horizon can be quite low, which eases all the depth and perspective issues considerably.
The 58" layout height is certainly a help. The horizon can be quite low, which eases all the depth and perspective issues considerably.