Monday, February 14, 2011

Sorting Seaweed

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When we were in Thailand in 2009, I took this photo of a young girl sorting seaweed. In actual fact she was wearing a dark shirt and light shorts, but that didn't work as well for the painting. I have painted her before, but I wanted to see how my "lessons learned" in daily painting have affected my painting style. I worked hard to try to get the values right, knowing that when I added the highlights the forms would read correctly. That kind of sums up my "new" approach- and I find it works well on figurative work as well.

6 comments:

  1. The new approach absolutely works for this figurative piece, I love it!

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  2. L'ensemble est très harmonieux et en fait une très jolie toile...
    Bisous

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  3. Layne, I love EVERYthing about this! The pop of glowing orange was brilliant! WOW.
    Brenda

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  4. So great Layne! Love the reds and brushwork in this.

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  5. I just love your work and I especially like this figure. Your brushtrokes are wonderful!

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