once i completed tweaks to cottonwood creek 2, i decided to make some adjustments to dancing skateboarder, which i hadn’t worked on since 1/28/22, or almost exactly one year.
if you study the BEFORE and AFTER below, you will observe some subtle but important changes. look at the top of his hat, and you’ll see a dark blue line separating the hat form the background & making it stand out more. the same goes for his left sleeve, where the cuff is more accented. and finally, if you have a look at the red area above his head, you’ll see some shadows that weren’t there before. that’s it for now. i’ll cast gazes at it throughout the rest of the afternoon & see if there’s anything else i’m moved to do.
at work this morning on cottonwood creek 2 16x37 1/2” oil on portrait linen
111:02 AM: before leaving for school this morning, mikela stopped by to have a look at cottonwood creek 2. she gave me valuable and, i think accurate feedback on a few areas of the composiiton, which i’ve been addressing over the past few hours.
firstly, she observed that the area of black in the upper central portion of the composition was too much, and pulled the eye away from the rest of the composition. secondly, she felt that the area of red just below that somehow needed breaking up. and finally, she felt the area on the lower right, which was drawn in but not painted, needed a little something along the lines of the area of rocks & water on the lower left.
the BEFORE and AFTER can be seen BELOW
