Hello all, and I hope this finds you well.
Elizabeth has made another set of work to share - thank you Elizabeth! She says : This is a composition workshop we did at Sutton Watercolourists, not to see who could do the best picture from a photo, but to look at the range of composition ideas we all had from the same photo. If you want to see the other ideas they are on Sutton Watercolourists Facebook page. I found it stimulating and rewarding. I liked trying out different ideas."
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What a good idea. The various versions are not very clear on the Facebook page though. The big challenge with a photo is always not to become too slavish in the way that you 'copy' from it. You have steered clear of any bear-traps very nicely. Your drawing (no.1) is really fabulous. It is people in the rain, but it's also so much more. I particularly like the light jacket against the dark shapes on the left, in contrast to the more drawn line.
To be very honest, I am not keep on the intense blue/red pieces - the colour rather takes over from anything else. the painted forms are interesting, but it's quite hard work accessing them because that colour gets in the way. What do other people think?
I do, however, very much like no. 4 with its touches of pink. It all comes back to that relentless conversation about colour and tone. These are all effectively tonal pieces (drawn/painted shapes on white paper), and so the colour intensity needs to be knocked back, and it's the more neutral pieces which work best. I do really like no. 4, especially that poor, damp looking person on his own in the centre - telling a story.
No. 5 is very delicate and has a charm to it, again with that single person in the middle. It maybe needs a little bit more oomph on the left, or trim that left edge off.
Super stuff Elizabeth - now you know it works for you, you could do some more work from photos? But just remember - try not to us very strong colour in a predominantly tonal pieces.
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