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| Green background |
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| Black Background |
When I planned this
composition I originally decided to have a green background.
In the first photo you can see the green background is in place. I
was unhappy with it, I felt it would not highlight the plant the way I wanted
it to.
Sometimes a painting has a life of it's own.
In the second photo you can see I have changed it. Lots of neutral
tint. Much better.
I finished the painting and hated it. I could not decide what was
wrong, so I put it away out of sight.
Reaching it out again, months later, I knew what was wrong. Too
much neutral tint! I added more Sea Holly to the background.
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| More Sea Holly |
Some paintings give you no trouble to paint, but then you always get one that is wilful, awkward, and puts up a fight.
Writers often talk about how their characters follow their own paths. Well who says plants can't do the same.
