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Sunday 2 October 2011

100 PAINTINGS IN 100 DAYS #2

Title:  South Canol Autumn
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 8x10

I really liked the light in Nina's photo and I tried to recreate this in the painting.  Easier said than done.  I have worked from photos lots and what I have discovered is that they rarely show the true value of what is actually there in real life. I therefore often change colour and values lots and I find that Shadowed dark areas cannot be translated literally.
I also add elements to the painting that were not there at all; in this one it is the dead tree leaning across the middle.  


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