This is a tree that Constable painted.
This is the tree that Ken painted using Constable's image. Ken was not very happy with it. So he cropped seven views of Constable's tree, and painted each one.
These are all 5x7 and only the first two are done. After I have finished all seven I am going to do more work on my original painting of Constable's work.
I always enjoy seeing progressions and studies. Of your small studies, I absolutely love the second one. It has such atmosphere; I feel like I'm in a misty foggy swamp. Also love the blues in the last three. The sky in the final one is magnificent—just needs to have less uniform branches and it's perfect.
ReplyDeleteYour work on the cropped images should inform your progress on the full tree painting. The 5x7 images have a lot in common with Constable’s tree — mood, variations in color and structure — all missing from your painting of the tree.
ReplyDeleteI don’t see how you got from your reference photo to your painting in any way. There are several trees in Constable’s work without much sky. While I know that you are not trying to replicate his work, what about that work inspired you to make your work. Now the paintings you did with the two trees and the six trees have some real promise. The atmosphere in the two trees painting looks right to me. You’ve made good use of Yupo properties without the dab…dab….dab but instead made real strokes. Kudos for that.
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