Posted by Dave Bull at 12:02 PM, August 5, 2009
Continued from [Forest in Summer - 16] | Starting point of the thread is [Forest in Summer - 1]
In strong contrast to the extreme clarity of the front portion of this print, the distant scenery is going to be fuzzier and more vague. I considered putting some completely abstract patterning in there - random pale greens and shadows with no form at all ... sort of a 'camera out of focus' mood - but I 'chickened out' from going that far. We'll try and get some semblance of form, although I have to admit right up front, that in the very small amount of 'testing' I did by showing a few friends the concept, not everybody 'got' what I was trying to do. Anyway, with that green base tone in place, here we go with three layers, a deeper green, a pale grey, and a slightly darker grey:
There; we can now see the bushes at the far side of the glade. But as you can see - if you look closely - we're not quite done. Three final small impressions tomorrow morning should suffice to wrap it up!
The thread continues in [Forest in Summer - 18] ...