Mountain Road, 9 x 12
Mountain Road, 8 x 10 (original plein air study)Here are two studies from my September trip to Colorado. The bottom one is the raw plein air field study, the top one done in studio, using only the field study for reference. I decided to do this because I recently found myself getting overly detailed when working from a photo, when usually the need in landscape painting is to simplify the forms (especially as they recede into the distance). I think I'll try to do this more often on studio work when the critical details can be referenced either from the plein air study or from memory.
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I like them both very much Stephen... the energy and palette of the plein air is so great... well done!
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