I have always admired the Hudson River Valley painters and wished to convey my style in a landscape. Like most artists I'm always wanting to try something new, or add to my bucket list of paintings done. My current challenge is to develop my style into the landscape genre. I've been participating in a free landscape webinar put on by WetCanvas and F & W books and artist Johannes Vloothius. These webinar recordings will be available for download by F & W at a later date. I found out about the web classes after the first 8 classes were given, we are now into the 18th class. (Ever the timely one here. LOL) This class is primarily for painters in oil, water color, acrylics and pastels. But has so much great info for even this colored pencil painter. I wish I had started the above shown painting after I gleamed valuable landscape knowledge from this master painter. As it defies many of his do's and falls short with many of his don'ts.
But I have learned from the advice of other artists friends, and that is not to mention a paintings faults but to learn from them and move on. Even Johannes comments to not redo or fix a painting but to just progress from there. So that is what I'll do. The painting is of a sunset from the lake at Dillman's Resort in WI where I attended a colored pencil class given by Cecile Baird. And no matter my issues with the painting I can still hear the loons calling at night when I look at it.
I do wish to become adept at creating landscapes with colored pencil. Realizing that I may need to practice with plein air work in pastel when on site. But this was a studio piece from a photo of that sunset on a June evening when art was in the air.
Now back to scribbling on my new challenge rushing water UP Close and Personal............
