Wednesday, July 22, 2015

When I was learning to paint many years ago, we base coated the piece, the painted the objects.  Now, after many years I work the background at the same time as I work the subject of the painting.  The artist should use the background to increase the interest and movement within the painting.  Her I am adding additional contrast and movement to the background with a soft white.  This will increased the movement around the center of interest and ultimately push the flower forward.  I so enjoy painting like this.  I feel my paintings have much more interest than just basic backgrounds.

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