It has been a while since I posted. I have been working and learning. This painting has taken some time. My mother may recognize this as the rock above the Indian Lodge where we stayed on her last visit.
I have just finished a 3-day Master Class on Color and Glazing taught be Edward Povey. It was an intense class. With fear and trepidation I included this new painting among my painting for review. I really didn't want him to choose it as THE one we would work with. On the other hand, I wanted to learn as much as I could possibly learn so I held my breath and took it with me. Of course, of the 6 options this is the one he picked. I guess it was the one he thought would be the best learning example and that it could be improved by glazing. So here is the "after" shot.
The class was very enthusiastic about the changes. In some ways I liked parts of the previous version but I believe that the painting is stronger overall. Here is what we changed. The cools are cooler and the warms are warmer. The light versus dark values are pushed out (more extreme) which makes the hill look more three-dimensional because of stronger values. In the actual painting the lighted face of the rock is not quite so yellow. (I struggle to learn how to photograph my paintings.) The painting has more impact and punch after the glazing. The stronger dark blue in the sky in the upper left with the addition of some warm glaze in the sky on the bottom right makes the fields behind the rock lay down and look more believable as well as making the sky more atmospheric, pushing the air further away.
