Here is yet another marsh view...this one is next to the building where I work. I used a new process for developing this painting. I took several photographs which I first edited in Photoshop elements to improve the composition. I then converted the altered photo into grayscale. From there I posterized it using 4 levels to highlight the different values and to develop the larger abstract shapes. I printed out several of these grayscale photos on regular paper to hang next to me easel. I test each pastel color against the value on the photo to make sure that my choices are in the proper value range. I think it helped tremendously when creating a sense of atmospheric perspective in this piece..
The underpainting was done with nupastels and senneliers and the highlights and finishing strokes were Terry Ludwigs from the Plein Air and Warm Green Collections.
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