Pink Tree That Was Supposed To Be A Cityscape

4/10/2012

Yes, when I took the photo this is based on I intended it to be a cityscape since the tree is IN the city.

But a funny thing happened. I didn't FEEL like making it a city scape. IN part because I thought the color of the tree was enough. I didn't want ugly buildings and blurry cars in the background....cars and buildings which would be rendered in poor perspective.

I may, some day, do an oil version of this since I really like it. The photos are off though. the lighter one is too bright and the darker one too dark. Squint your eyes and imagine something in between.

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Cindy link

4/10/2012 11:11:05 am

It's lovely!!!!

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Patrick Ogle

For many years I painted. Then I stopped. These paintings started out a sort of experiment. Even when I did paint I never did watercolor. I spent a lot of time trying to be Van Gogh painting oil. Most of the paintings were unfinished. I decided to start using watercolor based only on the recollections of what my father had tried to teach me years ago. The newer paintings are the more recent. If you go back to the beginning you can see the early stumbling ones.

I didn't start by drawing, I didn't practice. I just painted. I haven't included ALL the paintings and at some point I will post the first ones I did. But most of the paintings--for good or ill are here. Some are oil and also gouache.

Pink Tree That Was Supposed To Be A Cityscape

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