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On our autumn tree I determined that the very bright yellow leaves catching the late day sun were a bit too bold. So my plan was to...

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.