I really like the two small studies from El Cajon in your blog. The large view you did of San Diego with the aqueduct and Museum of Man has tremendous promise. I thought it was Italy or Greece. I’d set up shop there and try to get some fresh ones of that!
Doing it smaller (e.g. Corot’s Bridge at Narni in the Louvre) and wholly on location in as few sessions as possible (probably 1 to 3 at most) might serve you better than such large canvases where the color gets chalky to my eye.
Larrysays
Hi David,
Thanks for your comment, coming from you,someone whose painting I respect a great deal, your opinion holds a lot more weight.
Perhaps some of the chalkyness you refer to has more to do with the photo, the painting in real life is not chalky at all to my eye. I like doing both large and small works on site – they feed each other in a variety of ways, however its true that by keeping it smaller, more simplified and with a freshness from a limited time period I could perhaps arrive at fuller resolution of what’s essential. Your point about Corot’s bridge is certainly valid. I have much to learn but I do like working large – I just need to make my larger works better.
I really like the two small studies from El Cajon in your blog. The large view you did of San Diego with the aqueduct and Museum of Man has tremendous promise. I thought it was Italy or Greece. I’d set up shop there and try to get some fresh ones of that!
Doing it smaller (e.g. Corot’s Bridge at Narni in the Louvre) and wholly on location in as few sessions as possible (probably 1 to 3 at most) might serve you better than such large canvases where the color gets chalky to my eye.
Hi David,
Thanks for your comment, coming from you,someone whose painting I respect a great deal, your opinion holds a lot more weight.
Perhaps some of the chalkyness you refer to has more to do with the photo, the painting in real life is not chalky at all to my eye. I like doing both large and small works on site – they feed each other in a variety of ways, however its true that by keeping it smaller, more simplified and with a freshness from a limited time period I could perhaps arrive at fuller resolution of what’s essential. Your point about Corot’s bridge is certainly valid. I have much to learn but I do like working large – I just need to make my larger works better.