Hi Caroline, I'm so glad you are connected to the site! These thumbs are really great. My favorite is the long vertical on the right. Great composition! All your trees have a very nice feel to them. You have drawn MANY TREES. Trees are about my favorite subject. My livingroom is filled with many paintings of trees. Your trees show much experience behind them. Tomorrow we go to a blueberry ranch to paint with several artists. But Sandra and I are going to do THUMBNAILS! I feel the need to produce some new thumbs quickly since this blog is now up and running.
Hi Caroline, These are very nice! Love the vertical strokes that make up the values. And they are all good compositions. My eye really follows back into the one on the top left. And the one on the top right has a lot of character. I am going to call it a tree portrait.
A thumbnail Sketch is a small and rough sketch outlining the elements in a proposed painting. Thumbnail sketches are a good way to work through an idea, or to try out different compositions. It is up to the artist to decide what medium to use; pencils, charcoal, colored pencils. Notes can be added on thoughts and ideas to carry out in the painting. The shape of the sketch is in proportion with the paper or canvas to be painted.
SUGGESTED READING
Edgar Payne - "Composition of Outdoor Painting"
John F. Carlson - "Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting"
Hi Caroline,
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you are connected to the site! These thumbs are really great. My favorite is the long vertical on the right. Great composition! All your trees have a very nice feel to them. You have drawn MANY TREES. Trees are about my favorite subject. My livingroom is filled with many paintings of trees. Your trees show much experience behind them. Tomorrow we go to a blueberry ranch to paint with several artists. But Sandra and I are going to do THUMBNAILS! I feel the need to produce some new thumbs quickly since this blog is now up and running.
Hi Caroline, trees are one of your special topics, big or small and they look great and everyone unique.
ReplyDeleteHi Caroline, These are very nice! Love the vertical strokes that make up the values. And they are all good compositions. My eye really follows back into the one on the top left. And the one on the top right has a lot of character. I am going to call it a tree portrait.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Phoebe, Ulrike and Naomi, trees are very special to me.
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