A project that was challenging yet successful was my landscape of Blenheim, England. When I was brainstorming I was thinking of all of the pictures of landscapes I had taken. During this time I also had to pick out my landscape for Art 4, so I picked my favorite one to do for Art 4. I did indeed have two different pictures I wanted to recreate for this project, so I did colored sketches for each. In each sketch I tried to recreate it exactly how it looked in the picture. The picture on the left are the photo references and the one on the right are the sketches. After I completed my colored sketches I decided it would be best if I did the one with more nature in it for my landscape. This was my first landscape in oil paint so I was nervous to start. Not knowing how to paint a landscape in oil was the biggest challenge. I had to figure it out on my own, how I wanted it to look, and the techniques I was going to use. I used a few different green hues to create more depth and variety. I added white to the hues if I wanted it to be a highlight or look like it was in the distance - I did the same with black but to create shadows along with depth. It took me a long time to to get all of the trees how I wanted to and with the right values. Other than the trees, the water was easier and I had fun with it. Back to the difficult parts; I had no idea how to do the grass and it took me multiple tries to get it slightly decent. The sky was the easiest part, like with most paintings. My biggest challenge was conquered through trial and error. The picture bellow is it in its final state.
developed over time. most significant thing I have learned is how messy of a painter I actually am, and the patience I have when I have to clean myself up. When I say I got oil paint on me every time I opened up my pallet or a tube, I really mean it.
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