From the Artist: This painting reflects my feelings about two trees on which the sun is bearing down. How do they feel on a very hot summer day, especially if there are no other bushes or trees to keep them company? The proximity of the sun is exaggerated, certainly, but I was trying to convey the feeling of intense heat in a totally unrealistic manner -- but one which would show the defiant trees, turned toward the sun, holding their arms up to protect them until the end of the day.
Obviously, I was inspired by your painting, Heat, but wanted to make the trees a little more realistic in my painting and not quite so abstract. I This was my first real canvas painting ever, and I had a lot of fun with it. I'm sure I have broken many rules of painting etiquette, but it was entertaining anyway.
From the Painting Guide: I'm delighted to hear that a painting of mine inspired you to paint your own, adapted version. Some parts of the world are so hot and dry, I can't help but admire the trees and plants that manage to grow there, and how they cope with the heat every day. I think your painting conveys a feeling of this struggle against the environment.
When it comes to painting rules or etiquette, that's one of the joys of painting in the 21st century. We have plenty of options open to us, from the systematic, classical realist approach with its careful modeling and lack of brushmarks, all the way across the spectrum to Expressionist application of paint.
Things to Consider When Looking at This Painting: Abstraction: When you're painting an abstraction (rather than a pure abstract), you need to decide how far from realism you're going to move. In this painting, for instance, a decision needed to be made about whether there would be any shadows on the trees created by the sun, and whether the trees would throw any shadow on the ground. Not painting the shadows immediately takes the painting a step away from realistic.
In this painting you can see where color has been used to emphasize the heat building up on the ground (and I would extend this between the two trees two). I wonder whether this should this also be done on the top edges of the trees, where the sun would be hitting?
Obviously, I was inspired by your painting, Heat, but wanted to make the trees a little more realistic in my painting and not quite so abstract. I This was my first real canvas painting ever, and I had a lot of fun with it. I'm sure I have broken many rules of painting etiquette, but it was entertaining anyway.
From the Painting Guide: I'm delighted to hear that a painting of mine inspired you to paint your own, adapted version. Some parts of the world are so hot and dry, I can't help but admire the trees and plants that manage to grow there, and how they cope with the heat every day. I think your painting conveys a feeling of this struggle against the environment.
When it comes to painting rules or etiquette, that's one of the joys of painting in the 21st century. We have plenty of options open to us, from the systematic, classical realist approach with its careful modeling and lack of brushmarks, all the way across the spectrum to Expressionist application of paint.
Things to Consider When Looking at This Painting: Abstraction: When you're painting an abstraction (rather than a pure abstract), you need to decide how far from realism you're going to move. In this painting, for instance, a decision needed to be made about whether there would be any shadows on the trees created by the sun, and whether the trees would throw any shadow on the ground. Not painting the shadows immediately takes the painting a step away from realistic.
In this painting you can see where color has been used to emphasize the heat building up on the ground (and I would extend this between the two trees two). I wonder whether this should this also be done on the top edges of the trees, where the sun would be hitting?