Abstracted Painting Step by Step Demonstration: Heat 1

Abstracted Painting ‘Heat’ Step 5: Reworking the Tree

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Resisting my “I’m going to muck it all up” fear, I painted out the top of the tree. I reworked the ‘sky’ until it was right again, knowing that I wanted it to be finished before I painted in the tree again. I didn’t want to have to try and paint the ‘sky’ around the finished tree. I wanted the freedom to use a sweeping, uninterrupted brushstroke as I put in the curves in the sky that echo the sun’s curve.

• Abstracted Painting ‘Heat’ Step 1: Blocking in the Base Color
• Abstracted Painting ‘Heat’ Step 2: Adding Other Colors
• Abstracted Painting ‘Heat’ Step 3: Softening the Colours
• Abstracted Painting ‘Heat’ Step 4: Adding the Tree
• Abstracted Painting ‘Heat’ Step 5: Reworking the Tree
• Abstracted Painting ‘Heat’ Step 6: Close-up of the Tree
• Abstracted Painting ‘Heat’ Step 7: The Final Tree
• Abstracted Painting ‘Heat’ Step 8: Adding Another Element
• Abstracted Painting ‘Heat’ Step 9: The Finished Painting