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Working more blocks of value and color in the autumn tree painting, which i started at the Michigan Art Center landscape painting class....

As noted in my previous blog about "how much detail is too much," I continued to tackle the foreground of "Birch Ballet." I have decided...

The reference photo for the birch tree painting in progress has a tangled mess of grasses, weeds, small trees and shrubs that appear to...

While observing the current state of "Birch Ballet," I had a compositional epiphany. Although absent from the reference photo, placing a...

Simple, small format painting forces the artist to focus on blocks of color, light and value.

This painting is entitled "Barn Clip." The barn resides on Willow Road in York Township, Michigan, just east of US 23. I was riding my...