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DEMONSTRATION

Stage 1

I feel the artist has to have a goal in mind as to what this painting you are about to start, is going to say to the viewer. What attracted me to this scene is what I want to paint and that is the back-lit morning atmosphere, the depth and the scale of the waterfalls against the grandeur of this mountain. If you go back to the photo of the scene you will notice all the buildings and automobiles on the street. I felt all this additional information would be a conflict to what I wanted to say in this painting, so I will omit these elements from the painting. I have a variety of starts to my paintings. This start is very similar to a watercolor; it has a very transparent wash with the oil paint being thinned with mineral spirits. I just block in the basic shapes in their respective color families. This is similar to drawing or sketching the composition on the canvas, here you are just applying the areas in masses.

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