Small color/value studies are one of the steps my paintings go through in process to a finish. Whether painting outdoors or in the studio, I like to begin with small (business card size) arrangements of light and dark shapes. Having a simple pattern of light and dark with interesting shape silhouettes is the foundation for exciting me enough to want to do a painting. Next, I will usually do studies like this one to try out the colors I will use and see how things might go. I've painted so many flops, simply because I didn't do the preparation necessary to clarify what I wanted to paint. These steps along the way are, for me, what raises my interest and expectation that I will have fun painting.
SHADY INLET
©Jimmy Longacre 2018
9X12 oil on canvas panel
Jimmy Longacre
subjective realist landscape paintings
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