I've recently been studying how to loosen up yet still keep a realistic (but painterly) look to my work. The advice I see most often is to just squint. Squinting supposedly helps you see the important and blurs out the unimportant.
That's fine, I guess, but it's really, really hard to sustain a squint long enough to finish a whole painting! lol Anyway, my first effort at just squinting! I think this is one of those things that requires a lot of practice!
Pastel on sand colored Ampersand PastelBord, 5 x 7 inches, mostly Rembrandt sticks and various pastel pencils.
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I think your squinting technique has worked well - perspective is great and the colours are beautiful!
I'd be worried about adding even more eye wrinkles if I screwed up my face for too long :o)
Thanks, Sue.
New technique, new subject matter so I'm trying not to be too hard on myself but I agree about the wrinkles. I think I'll try to blur a photo just a bit and see if the results are close to those of squinting. lol
It's a beautiful pastel painting Jan.
Thanks for saying so, Brenda. I would like to do better of course. I'll keep practicing!
Just gorgeous! I like it very much.
Thanks so much, Christine!
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