Combing Elements to create a Painting through color and composition.
This Monday Lesson is about combing more elements. using color to create movement on the surface of this small canvas, I have no intent of what will be painted here. I literally am basing the color application on good composition and movement along with balance.
This is a small 9 x 12 inch board canvas and I am working the undercoating with acrylics.
After the surface is dry, I began to use my finger in more wet acrylic paint and began to push around the surface trying to mold in my mind what I wanted to form on the composition. As you know I paint a lot of horses so of course that is what came to mind. See if you can line these up to note where I saw the movement to create this piece. If I looked long enough, I might have flipped the painting and created a floral piece.
After securing a horse in mind I use more finger painting to form things up and then it was the palette knife I reached for. The layers of color came together with thick swipes of paint.
© G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace Graphics One Design 2013
Journey West
9 x 12 inches Oil on Canvas.
Since this is lesson Monday, how about we make this a 'give away'? I cannot ship it for the next week as it is wet, but if you want to be included in the drawing for this painting, email me by clicking HERE.
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On Wednesday night I will pull a name from those that email me and the next week I will get the painting in the mail.
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contemporary horse painting today.
Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist
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