Thursday, December 13, 2018

Made for You

Backgrounds can totally make or break a painting. Originally this painting had a solid blue background. It seemed a good choice because the foreground was pretty busy with the flower pots and flowers and needed a restful space for the eye to rest. I looked at it for a few days but wasn’t satisfied with it and then I remembered a Carla O Connor workshop I attended in California a few years ago. She taught us about using colors close in value in backgrounds to create interest without taking the attention away from the subject matter. So I used different tints and shades of the blue to add subtle interest to the painting without shouting. It immediately became FRENCH to me, the ultimate in ooh la la.

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