I am quite adamant that I finish a painting before starting new. That doesn't mean that every canvas is 'good'. The surface can be scraped out, repainted or stuck on a back shelf.Last winter, I painted our front yard rhododendrum by sitting on the porch chair in the sun. The snow melted as I painted. Somehow, the picture did not seem finished to me, & this year, I studied the same branches pushed out of the snow. I realized the original greens were too light [or perhaps had darkened by the extra plant food last summer]. Challenged, I took the year old painting & glazed the leaves with rich greens & reworked the stems-this original 2008 plein air turned into a 2009 studio panel, but I like it a lot more!
Rhody in Snow oil 11x14 2008-9
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