I have a pretty decent stash of wrapped canvas in various sizes to choose from so my first task was to determine the size. Did I want to go large scale like "The Poppy" or smaller like "Tree with Flowers"? Ultimately I chose to go smaller with a 9x12 gallery wrapped canvas. Next, and the hardest part of all was the subject. I dug and clicked through most of all my photos on my hard drive and KodakGallery.com account. I eventually had to go through some of my friends and family's "Shared" albums. I came across an album of my moms from when she and my sister came to visit me in Maine in the Fall of 2007. We took a trip down through Fryeburg, ME and into Conway, NH. We stayed that this super cute B&B called Crystal Lake Bed & Breakfast. The beautiful fall foliage around the lake and with little white steeple church just made this shot quintessential New England.
I took a few creative licenses primarily with the trees. The original picture has oak trees, but I decided to go for birch trees. Ultimately, I am very happy with this piece. I framed it temporarily with a frame I found at an antique shop. Unfortunately the canvas is a little too deep for the frame so until I find another way, this will have to do.
Below are the original photograph and the competed painting. Please enjoy!
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| Crystal Lake, Conway NH, Taken Oct 2007 |
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| "New Hampshire in October" 12x9, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas |
I like it, it looks fantastic!!! Glad you added leaves. It concerns me though that you have trouble finding subjects. ... Would you be interested at all - and you can say no - in doing any pictures from my trips to Paris? I only took about a thousand pics each time. Do you know about my itty bitty flickr? I hardly ever add to it, but it's got a tiny sampling of Paris Round 2 picks. If you're interested, tell me what you specifically want and I'll go through and find some options. AGAIN, only if you want. I just feel bad that you can't find stuff to paint. I know what that frustration is like and don't want you to have it!
ReplyDeleteSorry, the flickr address is http://www.flickr.com/photos/luminouseyes/. Before I was lttleetoile
ReplyDeleteVery nicely done! I like the soft colors and the leaves especially. And I've never done ATC's but I've been curious about them for a while, sounds fun. :) Feels good to paint again doesn't it? And your heron below looks wonderful! Great job with that.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Crystal! ATCs are neat little crafty art projects, I posted 2 examples under the "tangent" post. And, yes it felt wonderful to paint this little landscape. Thank you so much for stopping by, means a lot!!
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