Spring Morning at Lakeside Farm

intermediate stage? oil on canvas 55 x 60 cm

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Comment by Jon Main on April 18, 2013 at 7:35: Stu - thanks! - I'll do it (when I get time!) - sounds good. Cheers. jon

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on April 18, 2013 at 6:12: Jon, make us all happy by putting the tree on the left back in over from the edge some and at least 1/3 of the way into the building. Keep it in the foreground and make the branches overlap the building a little. Make it look a little different from the other trees. This will stop the eye movement out of the picture. If you darken the ground around the new tree a little more, you will set up your path into the middle ground of the picture. A lot of work, huh? Stu

Comment by Jon Main on April 18, 2013 at 4:44: Deb, I ain't laughing - me too (and most other sufferers!). Thanks for takin' the time - I value the encouragement it gives. Cheers.

Comment by deb hill on April 17, 2013 at 23:46: Don't Laugh....I like this one the best.

Comment by Dorian Aronson on April 14, 2013 at 13:22: I'll be watching! Happy Painting...........smiles : ))

Comment by Jon Main on April 13, 2013 at 6:36: Thanks, Stu and Dave - I'll post tonight's next step as a new image - hope to see you guys there. Cheers. jon

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on April 12, 2013 at 14:09: Jon, I believe you because I do the same dumb stuff on a regular basis. The problem with things near edges is that they box you right in. What I would do is take the tree on the left and move it way in and make a much thicker trunk and branches. That breaks up the mass of the building behind it, changes your negative space between trees and gives you "mama, papa, baby" like objects (the trees). You could cut it out with photoshop or what I do sometimes is put some kitchen wrap (Saran) over the painting and paint in the corrections to see how they look. Photoshop is less work, if you know how to use it. Stu

Comment by David DEntremont on April 12, 2013 at 10:12: I think I like the water in the background. That gives the painting more depth. I'm wondering if you got rid of the center tree? Or if you could remove the building in the background and move the middle tree more to the right. That would show more of the background water and de-centralize the middle tree?

Comment by Jon Main on April 12, 2013 at 3:51: THANKS TO ALL for the comments. I need some input - cos I'm stuck! This is not for the workshop, by the way. Stu, you won't believe it - I painted out the side trees to change their distance from the edges of the canvas - then proceeded to paint them back in the same place!!! The thing there is - I could crop the photo - on the left a bit? or on the right? All these solution would help de-center the center tree. Maybe the lake water doesn't read well? Should I shorten the left building towards the left to increase the amount of water visible? arggh! ;D.

If I were to redo it, would it be better to "zoom" in or out? LIke I said, I dunno what to do now. Add detail?