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Marta
Often we think we know where we are going with portrait or still life and proceed with great confidence to the least threatening part of the painting. The background.
I don't do many landscapes but when I do I like to spend a little more time doing thumbnails. this allows me to proceed with confidence that some of the big composition, value, and color directions are decided. And, unlike portraiture, landscapes present many items competing for interest and attention and deciding where we are going becomes critical. Nothing is more frustrating than chasing around the canvas trying to find some way to pull it all together. Sometimes making the finished painting as exciting as the thumbnail becomes the challenge. Thumbnails allow you to play and be spontaneous in a way that the "finished" painting might struggle to achieve.
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