Yah, but …. DETAIL. Original watercolor by woody Hansen
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It’s a bit difficult to avoid passing judgment on this particular painting. I need to remind myself not to judge it, not to overly criticize it, , but to try to appreciate it as is.
Yeah But …, seems to project a happy, rather carefree atmosphere. I appreciate the fact the painting contains a dark, a light, a bright, and a dull. It has a variety of interesting shapes. I appreciate the warm temperature, and the dominate red of the painting. The values seem to work okay too.
The main flower shape? Let’s just note it is somewhat more difficult to appreciate. However, I do find the shapes in the above DETAIL extremely satisfying. Ah, yes, those shapes are very easy to appreciate (grin).
This was a demo piece. The thought process here is to translate an abstract suggestion or impression of a red poinsettia without actually painting the bloom red.
We might think of this composition as a large light shape (main flower) with smaller light (white) and medium (white and green) accents over a large darker shape (red and black checkerboard background).
Yeah, but …
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