Fine Art Painting, Changing the Scene & Color-"Mountains and Waterholes"

Mountains and Waterholes

Orginal Fine Art Painting

Acrylic on wrapped canvas on wood stretcher bars

8 by 10 by 0.75 inches, 20.4 by 25.5 by 1.9 cm

Artists have a wonderful opportunity to change a scene when painting. Artists consider the elements in their paintings to meet their artistic and emotional objectives. The original mountains in this image were a blue gray colour. I changed the colour to a warm orange brown and yellow brown.

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Highlights on Fine Art Paintings

Highlights are in the middle of the light plane. Highlights are the shape of the light source. If the light source is a light bulb then the highlight will mirror the shape of the bulb. Try to place the highlight perpendicular to the other brushstrokes. This brushstroke contrasts with the direction of other strokes. Highlights also mark a change of plane, i.e. at top when the cheekbones move down toward the jaw.

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Fine Art Paintings-Art Principles of Dominance and Variety

Paintings should have dominant elements. The element, colour, should have a dominant value in a painting, i.e. light value. Diagonal lines could be dominant in a painting. A painting also needs variety. A painting should also include lesser amounts of mid and dark values. Other lines would also be in the painting, i.e. curving lines. I have only referred to 2 art elements and principles, there are more.

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