Ready for Party, Allied Arts, 072815

9x12. Yesterday's plein aire. This is really a learning experience. I have no idea how to paint it. I am very looking forward to receive your comment as I am thinking to repaint it based on this plein aire and your comment. Thanks!

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Comment by Laura Xu on August 4, 2015 at 4:20: Hi Charles, thank you so much for spending time to view the painting and commenting. It is a good idea to send more time think about design work before start to paint. When I do plein aire I always feel little bit in hurry. I do design work in mind but never in paper. I should take some time do composition, value study in this case.

Comment by Charles Post on August 4, 2015 at 1:29: I had lunch with an artist recently and we were talking about her process. She showed me her sketch book which was full of small color pencil drawings (not larger than 1 to 3 inches in size) from which she created wonderful paintings. II have come to accept that starting with value and color studies produces better paintings and drawings. My recommendation would be when you are faced with no idea how to paint a subject, don't paint; instead, take time to make small pencil drawings until you work out compositional and value issues which then become the path to express what you will about the subject. Some quick observations about this painting: the major areas are too linear (the foreground, mid-round, umbrellas, and background all run parallel) which causes my eyes to run off the edges. Also, the three dark objects are almost dead center in the painting and overall values are two dimensional -- dark and light. Work out the composition and values and I think you can create a wonderful painting.

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on August 1, 2015 at 12:26: You did a good job on a difficult scene!! I looked at that and said it was too hard to do, but what I painted was hard as well. The quinicridone red with flake white worked better than Alizarin crimson to get the flowers to glow! Just posting it now.

Comment by Laura Xu on August 1, 2015 at 12:05: Stu, thank you for your encouragement! Plein aire is very challenge to me, but always have so much fun.

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on August 1, 2015 at 10:37: This came out well Laura. I like your warm colors on the table cloths!

Comment by Laura Xu on August 1, 2015 at 3:46: Thank you very much Jessica, Joy!

Joy, you make me laugh! :). The dark things are containers to hold hot food. I wish I know what it calls. I wasn't thinking too much before I started painting. I just stood right front of the table. I was hangry I guess LOL!

Comment by Jessica Futerman on July 31, 2015 at 21:31: Yes, the colour you've used in the umbrellas is lovely & their shapes are attractive, along with the reflected light on the tablecloths. Wondering if you need the dark shapes at all?

Comment by Laura Xu on July 31, 2015 at 13:56: Thank you SO MUCH for your encouragement! Your comments mean so much to me! I will do some home work looking at other artist's similar subject and hope do another similar plein aire again. I really enjoy to paint different subject from each plein aire. Thank you all again!

Comment by Jon Main on July 31, 2015 at 4:22: It's a nice concept - umbrellas are interesting to paint! I agree that the three dark shapes need reolving some how, lovbe the color you've got in the table cloths