Lavender Field

[Donna T]

I probably shouldn't post this because I'm not really happy with it but here goes. This is from a photo of my son working in his field under what in reality was a beautiful sunset. I did a little glazing of orange in the sky but maybe it's too intense now. I would like to learn more about glazing because trying to get sky colors down in one pass usually has me making mud! 11x14 oil on paper

 

[Enyaw]

Glazing is an art. I was told you should be able to read newsprint under your glaze and your glazing should be directional. That’s all I know. I don’t like it and prefer to remix my color and put it back in. With oils you scrape out and acrylics you paint over.
That’s a nice pice so if you go to it be careful. I agree the sky is beautiful but the orange is too intense and too seperate, need some elsewhere in different values..

 

[Donna T]

That’s what I needed to hear. Thanks Wayne. I’ll try to redo that part of the sky.

 

[Jo Castillo]

So beautiful and of your son. Cool!!

 

[Grapes]

Donna, love it as it is.
Probably only small adjustments if you want to keep on painting it more and of course it's nice to try how it would look with some different brush strokes, color, tone, glazing etc. That's what I do constantly with my paintings.
About glazing l'm on a process of trying smth out and see if it works. Don't really know how to glaze.

 

[Bartc]

Really good as is, Donna. Nice work. I like that orange flash against the blue monochromatic field and clouds.
You've captured a feeling, a mood, and a sense of place.
Be very happy with this one.

 

[Donna T]

Thanks Jo. My son will wonder what I did to his face but there’s hardly any room for a face!

Thank you so much, Grapes. I probably should have tried glazing on something else first but I really wasn’t planning on keeping this. If you have success with glazing I would like to hear what works for you!

Thank you Bart. It’s nice to hear that the mood comes across. It’s really peaceful to be in that field with the honey bees working right up until it gets dark.

 

[Terri]

I love it. Beautiful serene scene. Great job on the sky!

 

[PaintBoss]

Yeah, I like it too. It’s working for me. You can take a little bit of rubbing alcohol over acrylic to remove layers. Actually you can get an awful a lot of acrylic off that way. But if you have any thicker layers, you might get a bit of an edge from areas you remove and areas that remain. Probably not an issue if you want to try some on your glaze. But I’m loving it. In fact, I think it’s really tricky lighting and I think you captured it really well. When it comes to small faces just giving the impression of what’s there works, not catching all the details. Which you’ve done nicely here.

 

[Donna T]

Thank you Terri. It is a serene place when my son’s dogs aren’t running around among the lavender plants.

Thanks Christine. This is an oil but the glazing concept is the same. I wonder what alcohol does to oil paint? Maybe it would reduce an overly glossy look and give a matte appearance. I’ll have to check it out on a scrap.

 

[PaintBoss]

Hi Donna, I knew it was oil. I was just responding to Enyaw’s comment above mentioning just painting over acrylics if you don’t like it. He was referring to glazing, but my suggestion can be done for anything on acrylics. i’ve taken a lot more than a glaze off before. But if you have painted a lot and you have thick areas, you can get an edge. It’s a plastic edge and then that can cause problems.