Stylization in a Painting
A lot of us often paint from reference pictures clicked during our travels. I have also painted a lot of scenes from reference picture which I take during my travel. But just copying from a reference pic to make a painting does not make the cut for me. I do a lot of studies and try to get a composition going from the reference pic. And when I have my composition I go ahead with the painting. Sometimes I even stylize the work a little more than what I normally do. This gives a certain graphic quality to the painting. The painting posted here is an example of stylization and I hope this will be of help to many of you.
Here is what I did to get my composition and stylization work for me in the painting.
- The center of interest (the wood paneled wall of the hut) was on the right. I shifted it to the left of the painting so that it becomes easier to read it as most of us read from left to right.
- Unnecessary details like the background trees were removed.
- I added some horizontals on the right of the painting to balance all the verticals in the center of interest.
- The verticals on the left were all sloping to the left. Hence I added some neutral verticals (trees) on the right to balance them. I thought of giving them a right slant at first. But gave up the idea as it would have been too dramatic.
- The goat figures were added to enhance the mood.
- Tonal values were kept down a just three (light mid and very high mid) for a staccato kind of effect.
- And finally the drawing was kept very close to simple geometrical shapes to add to the graphic quality.
With all these things I ended up with something that creates the feel or mood of the place. But at the same time it also is a work of art and not a mere reproduction of the reference image.
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beautiful work ... you shifted the subject of interest to the left power point : a good idea IMHO
Thank you @bobinson. Only when we put our imagination and personality to a subject it becomes a work of art. :)
true :)
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