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"Out to Pasture"
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April 12, 2003 |
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Here's what a photograph of the original scene
looked like. This is by the side of the road, in front of a working dairy
farm in West Marin County, California. |
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You can see some of the original pencil drawing and the first watercolor-like
washes of color.
Notice the simplification of the composition, moving the little shack
closer in, eliminating the blue car and moving the big rounded bush.
Size about 18 x 24 |
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The rest of the truck is filled in with the first layers of color. |
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The sky, background and trees receive more attention and textures. |
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The beginnings of the leafy canopy. |
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A lot of developments can be seen in this stage.
A couple of trees have been removed and the others are more defined, including
their shadows. The bush, shack and road have received a couple more layers
of paint. The truck has more color, contrast and definition and the foreground
grass is taking shape. |
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This is a detail of the finished painting. Many refinements
have been made to balance all the elements, with the closer headlight becoming
the center of focus. |
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Here's what the finished painting, "Out to Pasture," looks
like, matted and framed. Go back and compare it to the original reference
photo at the top. You'll see that a lot of simplification has occurred
in order to create an artwork.
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