Plein air Study#1

I'm sure that these are not to code. I wasn't able to simplify and break these down into light side and shadow side. The blue was distracting and all the green difficult to work with. So I tried another and I still wasn't able to do it. 8"X10" Oil on Linen board.

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Comment by Denise Maxwell on May 20, 2012 at 8:12: Thanks Dee, those are good ideas. I was able to work a little more methodically by the end of this week. I still find it hard to keep the light and shadows as separate areas, it's easier when the light isn't changing on me as I paint as in still life set ups. I think I'm finally getting better with seeing values though and keeping them in the correct range.

Comment by Dee Berridge on May 19, 2012 at 20:22: Hi Denise! Looking at your resource photo there is clearly light and shadow despite the general evenness in values across the scene, so I wonder if you could play more with bending the colour temperature and saturation to create the contrast you're after...