There was sun today, but it was still cold. This is an acrylic study of a solitary tree just south of the copse I've been sketching in pencil and watercolour. The tree showed dark against the paler trees in the copse and I have tried to show this is blues and reds. Then I listened to Antony Gormley being interviewed by John Wilson on 'This Cultural Life'. And I asked myself whether my 2D response was responsible enough to this shared space. But I didn't find an answer. |
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Filthy cold. Not been out much. Stones staring at me. Far from the sea. Resentful at being brought inland.
Yesterday I sat next to one of the copses on our local green and looked at the congregation of trees and their tonal differences in the gloom. Today, I thought I'd steal something from Vlaminck's 'Arbres a la maison bleue' https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5650345 to achieve a Fauvist effect of the scene in sunlight.
Today I revisited one of Mike Svob's acrylic painting exercises which I followed a few weeks ago, 24/3/2024. I wondered what would happen if I tightened a loose approach. After some improvisation, I think things ended up slightly surreal - and I lost the scattered sun and the softer 'edges' which had been the focus of the tutorial.
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