Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Hit the key

8"x10" oil/panel


With the daylight hours lengthening I can get some painting in after work. Did a real quick one this afternoon with the Hensche quote " Don't paint the thing paint the light!" resonating in my head. I intentionally picked a minimalist scene trying only to get the scene accurately depicted in 3 values as quickly as possible. This one was done in about 20 minutes. The instant I was done some high clouds moved in from the south and filtered the sun giving an entirely different light condition. This is why I try to paint so quickly. I'd rather get the light right and have indistinguishable objects than vice versa.

4 comments:

Janelle Goodwin said...

Hi Brian, Yes, painting the light is more important than the objects. You captured the values in the landscape beautifully!

brian eppley said...

Thanks Janelle. Your beautifully colored paintings show light so well!

Jala Pfaff said...

Lovely study, great color.

brian eppley said...

Thank you Jala