After the three home commissions, I decided to go back to painting a bit. I am still fussing some with some of the previous pond paintings, so it is just easier to start a new acrylic and work on all of them at once. Also, I have been looking at my sales on Society6. It seems that that paintings on the merchandised products have been selling the best for me, so I am sticking with that for now. I would also appreciate suggestions on what you might think would be good subjects for me to use on that site. Take a peek using the link from my blog roll to get an idea of what I am talking about.
Perhaps you can tell (or not) but I eliminated the tree trunk in the water from the foreground. It got too confusing to paint and really didn’t add anything to the picture. In fact, I was so unhappy after the first day with the whole thing that I almost chucked it and reapplied the gesso to start something else. I decided to push through and it has improved somewhat. We’ll see. Day two has seen some improvement.
Dec 07, 2020 @ 11:02:01
Hi! I think it was a good idea to eliminate the trunk in the foreground because what I am really liking is the reflection of fall leaves in the water. Love it!
Dec 07, 2020 @ 15:36:44
Sometimes you just have to try to eliminate. LOL This painting has given me so much trouble, but I think it might be in a good place now.