OPAS, Hartville Paintout
Moore Farm, 9" x 12" oil on linen
This past Sunday was an OPAS paintout event in Hartville, Ohio. It was very well organized with maps and painting locations already mapped out and permissions already granted. I painted at the Moore farm which is a tree farm and also a place to go and cut flowers. What I saw was mostly day lilies, but I hear they also have quite a hosta collection as well. One thing I really liked about this paintout was the critique at the end. That was handles by Dino Massaroni and a few of the other artists that knew what they were talking about also chimed in. Dino is a pro and it showed in his comments and assessments of each painting. Not a job just anyone can handle. Being a graphic designer, I’m used to criticism and being relatively new to painting, especially with oils, I really appreciated it. What you see here is the revised painting. I came home and made the changes right away. Some of things they commented about for this painting was needing more separation between the paintings, Needing a darker sky to separate from the roofs of these two buildings and also less detailed so as to not take the emphasis away from the subject of the painting. Another artist also commented that I needed less of a ladder effect on the right side with my darks and lights. I tried to even that out the best I could.
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sal settecase on 06 Jan 2010 at 8:02 pm #
Robin
some very nice stuff here! I love it, You have inspired me to pick up the old rush again – just seems like there is no time in the day BUT I think I can fid the time on weekends! Golf may have to be an every other week end time consumer. Keep up the great work.
sal
Robin Roberts on 07 Jan 2010 at 8:10 am #
Sal,
You definitely need to pick up the brush again. It’s just like riding a bike. And unless you moved, I think you will have a few open weekends about now. But when the weather clears, if your that kind of golfer, we need to get together. Happy painting.
RR